Mičulková Veronika, Fialová Alena, Kovačić Tanja, Hamplová Lidmila, Veselý Dan, Hulínský Petr
Centre for Public Health Promotion, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic.
Department of Public Health, Medical Faculty, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Cent Eur J Public Health. 2018 Jun;26(2):149-153. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a4929.
During last years, a significant increase of HIV infection transmitted through sexual intercourse among young adults has been reported in the Czech Republic. The issue of prevention, where sexual education belongs to an important preventive tool, is much more topical than ever before. The level of knowledge and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS among adolescents has not been assessed so far. The aim of our study was to explore this field in a nationally representative sample.
Information was obtained using an anonymous questionnaire that was filled in by 1,627 adolescents 13 to 15 years old selected from a representative sample of 25 elementary and grammar schools in the Czech Republic.
Based on the survey results, good knowledge regarding primary HIV/AIDS prevention was noted in the majority of respondents who however tended to stigmatize HIV positive people.
The study has confirmed the importance of school as the main source of information (reported by 50.8% of respondents). The result of our study can serve as a starting point in assessment and comparison of the effect of various educational programmes.
在过去几年中，捷克共和国报告称通过性行为传播的艾滋病毒感染在年轻人中显著增加。预防问题比以往任何时候都更具现实意义，其中性教育是一项重要的预防工具。到目前为止，尚未评估青少年对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的知识水平和态度。我们研究的目的是在全国代表性样本中探索这一领域。
通过一份匿名问卷获取信息，该问卷由从捷克共和国25所小学和文法学校的代表性样本中选出的1627名13至15岁的青少年填写。
根据调查结果，大多数受访者对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的初级预防有较好的了解，但他们往往对艾滋病毒呈阳性的人持有歧视态度。
该研究证实了学校作为主要信息来源的重要性（50.8%的受访者报告）。我们的研究结果可作为评估和比较各种教育项目效果的起点。
