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标题：Perception of the risk of sexual transmission of HIV among Congolese and Japanese university students
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作者：Nlandu Roger Ngatu ; Ryoji Hirota ; Masamitsu Eitoku 等
期刊名称：Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1342-078X
电子版ISSN：1347-4715
出版年度：2012
卷号：17
期号：2
页码：139-146
DOI：10.1007/s12199-011-0232-z
语种：English
出版社：Springer Japan
摘要：Objective
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region most heavily affected by HIV infection. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Congolese students of risk behaviors for sexual transmission of HIV in comparison with their Japanese counterparts.
Methods
Of the 1,747 undergraduate students who participated in the survey, there were 1,326 respondents (752 Japanese, 574 Congolese) who voluntarily and fully filled out the auto-administered questionnaire.
Results
The proportion of Congolese respondents who do not always use condoms with an occasional sex partner was significantly higher, 57%, as compared with their Japanese counterparts (15%; p p p Conclusions
This study showed that, though sexual contact remains the main mode of HIV transmission in the region, Congolese students tend to have inaccurate knowledge of risk behaviors that expose people to the sexual transmission of HIV. This suggests that continuous education targeting those risk behaviors is of great importance to reduce the spread of the HIV epidemic.
关键词：HIV testing ;Multiple sex partnership ;Risk behavior ;Sexually transmitted infection ;Polygamy