John S Briney, Eric C Brown, Margaret R Kuklinski, Sabrina Oesterle, J David Hawkins
Testing the Question-Behavior Effect of Self-Administered Surveys Measuring Youth Drug Use
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
investigate factors associated voluntary hiv counseling testing vct among young students engaging casual sexual activity establish scientific rationale developing targeted intervention strategies preventing hivaids population stratified cluster sampling used conduct survey using questionnaires collect demographic behavioral information statistical analysis data 611 young students reported engaging casual sexual activity included statistical analysis among 68 1113 students underwent vct among young students engaged casual sexual activity nonzhejiang residents adjusted odds ratio aor 211 95 confidence interval ci 117380 received aidsthemed lectures health education courses school past year aor 396 95 ci 1491050 received hiv risk selfassessment conducted school past year aor 231 95 ci 117459 engaged commercial sex activity past year aor 198 95 ci 107366 inclined undergone vct male students aor 037 95 ci 018077 used condoms consistently casual sexual activity aor 045 95 ci 021097 less likely undergo vct casual sexual activity relatively prevalent among young students posing potential risk hiv transmission findings instrumental development effective hiv prevention control strategies young students additionally highlights necessity promoting popularizing vct among young students without zhejiang province residency involved commercial sexual activity andor lacking hiv education moreover additional research implementation refined hiv behavioral interventions specifically tailored young students necessary enhance awareness knowledge hiv prevention