一项横断面研究，旨在探究马来西亚一所公立大学研究生对性与生殖健康的理解和看法。

A cross-sectional study to explore postgraduate students' understanding of and beliefs about sexual and reproductive health in a public university, Malaysia.

作者信息

Soleymani Shahla, Abdul Rahman Hejar, Lekhraj Rampal, Mohd Zulkefli Nor Afiah, Matinnia Nasrin

机构信息

Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Malaysia.

Department of Nursing, College of Science, Hamedan branch, Islamic Azad University Hamedan, Hamedan, Iran.

出版信息

Reprod Health. 2015 Aug 29;12:77. doi: 10.1186/s12978-015-0070-3.

DOI:10.1186/s12978-015-0070-3

PMID:26318873

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4552978/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

The main sexual and reproductive health issues among young people are premarital sexual intercourse, unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions and sexually transmitted diseases including Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge related to sexual and reproductive health among Malaysian postgraduate students in a public university in Malaysia.

METHODS

A cross-sectional study was carried out among postgraduate students by systematic random sampling technique. A pre-tested self administered questionnaire was used to collect the data.

RESULTS

Out of 434 respondents, the majority of students were female (78.6 %) and single (78.3 %). The overall mean age of respondents was 27.0 ranging from 20 to 46 years of age. The main sources of information for sexual and reproductive health awareness were the internet (78.6 %) and newspaper (61.8 %). The majority (97.9 %) of the students knew that AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease. Most of them believed that the spread of sexually transmitted diseases was through shaking hands (92.1 %). Use of condoms was perceived to be the best way to avoid sexually transmitted diseases (88.4 %). Sexual and reproductive health knowledge was significantly associated with the students' age, marital status and faculty. The socio-demographic factors and current educational status accounted for a significant 9 % of the variability in sexual and reproductive health knowledge, f (7, 426) = 11, p <0.001.

CONCLUSIONS

The postgraduate students' level of knowledge on sexual and reproductive health was not satisfactory. Sexual and reproductive health knowledge was associated with the students' marital status and faculty. Intervention programs related to sexual and reproductive health are recommended.

摘要

背景

年轻人主要的性与生殖健康问题包括婚前性行为、意外怀孕、不安全流产以及包括人类免疫缺陷病毒在内的性传播疾病。本研究的目的是确定马来西亚一所公立大学的研究生对性与生殖健康的相关知识。

方法

采用系统随机抽样技术对研究生进行横断面研究。使用预先测试的自填式问卷收集数据。

结果

在434名受访者中，大多数学生为女性（78.6%）且单身（78.3%）。受访者的总体平均年龄为27.0岁，年龄范围在20至46岁之间。性与生殖健康意识的主要信息来源是互联网（78.6%）和报纸（61.8%）。大多数（97.9%）学生知道艾滋病是一种性传播疾病。他们中的大多数人认为性传播疾病是通过握手传播的（92.1%）。使用避孕套被认为是避免性传播疾病的最佳方式（88.4%）。性与生殖健康知识与学生的年龄、婚姻状况和学院显著相关。社会人口学因素和当前教育状况在性与生殖健康知识的变异性中占显著的9%，F(7, 426) = 11，p < 0.001。