Investigation on RTI/sex related knowledge, attitude and performance in senior high school students

  Objective   To find out the situation of the senicr high school students in Shenzhen city about RTIs/sex related knowledge, att itude, performance(KAP), asking for help and seeing a doctor.And to discuss the solution.

  Methods   The liberal and vocational senior high school students in Shenzhen city were chosen as visitors and investig ators and the sociological visiting and epidemio logical questionnaire investigating methods were used.

  Results   The awareness rate about AIDS knowledge was 50%, The awareness rate about RTI symptom was 0, The rate of giving correct answer about condom knowledge was 64.55%, the rate of using condoms was low.Their attitude to puppy love and sex behavior before marriage were acceptable and even encour aging.Most of them saw a doctor in private clinique and asked their friends or classmates for help.

  Conclusion   The sex concept and sex behavior of the high school students trend to more open day by day, but their knowledge about sex, sex diseases and preventive knowledge of AIDS are less, their manner of asking for help and seeing a doctor are unsafe.Therefore, AIDS education development in high school should combine with healthy sex educat ion closely, to guide the high school students to ask for help and see a doctor properly will be an important preventive measure.