Awareness, Knowledge and Risky Behaviors of Sexually Transmitted Diseases among Young People in Greece

Voyiatzaki, Chrysa; Venetikou, Maria S.; Papageorgiou, Effie; Anthouli-Anagnostopoulou, Fragiski; Simitzis, Panagiotis; Chaniotis, Dimitrios; Αδαμοπούλου, Μαρία

doi:10.3390/ijerph181910022

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“…Some factors, such as the unsatisfactory structure of health services and restrictions to its access, contribute to failures in behavioral and biomedical approaches to the adolescents and the youth, reflecting higher infection rates 1 . Moreover, biological, physical, mental, and social factors occurring during their transition to adulthood can also explain this vulnerability 3 - 4 .…”

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Risk factors for HIV infection among adolescents and the youth: a systematic review

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Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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Objective: to identify and analyze HIV infection risk factors among adolescents and the youth. Method: this is a systematic review whose guide question is: what are the risk factors for HIV infection among adolescents and the youth?” In total, five databases and Google Scholar were searched in December 2021 and the found publications between 2012-2022 were filtered without language restriction. Studies were selected by two independent reviewers. The included materials were subjected to methodological quality evaluation and narrative synthesis. Results: overall, we included seven studies out of the 26,191 retrieved. All studies were conducted in Africa. We found that the female gender, older age, low schooling, Black ethnicity, multiple sexual partners, inconsistent use of condoms, alcohol consumption, and early sexual onset constituted risk factors for HIV infection in adolescents and the youth. Conclusion: understanding risk factors underscores the provision of health policies and intervention strategies to strengthen the responsiveness of health services and nursing teams’ care to reduce HIV transmission among adolescents and the youth.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk factors for HIV infection among adolescents and the youth: a systematic review

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Andrade

et al. 2022

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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“…It might be difficult to use straightforward terms in sex education due to software content filtering (e.g., automatic mute when encountering sensitive keywords or pictures). This is a painful issue that is frequently highlighted in the media, but it also barely reaches the level of "awareness" (Choi, 2013;Voyiatzaki et al, 2021). In developing countries, sex education is a contentious issue in both public health and education policy (Leung et al, 2019).…”

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Factors Influencing Elementary Teachers’ Readiness in Delivering Sex Education amidst Covid-19 pandemic

2022

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The emergence of variants of Covid-19, the persistence of lockdowns in many countries, and the necessity to maintain sustainable education have resulted in a shift from the traditional classroom to virtual space. As such, there is a strong need to leverage technological advances while mitigating the challenges faced by primary teachers. Through the incorporation of eight elements, the authors sought to better understand factors that influence teacher readiness to deliver sex education in primary schools. Structural Equation Modeling was employed to assess the proposed conceptual model. The online survey was designed and distributed by Google Forms. Based on the results from 383 individuals, the findings revealed that facilitating conditions, educational policy, and parental involvement all had a relationship with teacher readiness. Digital content positively influenced performance expectancy and effort expectancy. Sexual knowledge had a statistically significant and positive influence on effort expectancy. Finally, openness had a statistically significant and positive influence on performance expectancy. The significant exceptions were that effort expectancy was not found to predict teacher readiness, and performance expectancy was not found to influence teacher readiness. The reasons for these non-significant correlations were briefly discussed and more studies on this topic are called to investigate these unexpected outcomes in more detail. The level of readiness, as well as theoretical and practical implications for scholars and practitioners, were discussed.

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“…The prediction is that when a mobile app promotes a certain type of thinking process, it will lead to positive beliefs about condom use and, consequently, to positive intentions to use them. This is relevant for health organizations and health systems because they work continuously on prevention with limited resources, such as time and budget; in addition, it is important to develop a systematic plan of sexual education at school [ 20 ]. Furthermore, condoms are well known as an accessible, available, and low-cost item that efficiently prevents STI.…”

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The Mediation Effect of Attitudes for the Association between Thoughts and the Use of Condoms in a Mobile-App Environment: From Thought to Intention

Besoaín

Gallardo

2022

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The ubiquity of mobile devices and access to the internet has changed our daily life and, in some cases, promoted and facilitated social and sexual interrelationships. There are many applications of technology and campaigns promoting healthy behaviors and prevention of sexually transmitted infections. Can we develop a strategy for the same purpose using mobile devices, based on the theory of attitude change? We developed an app and tested it with 105 undergraduate students, where they had to actively think in favor of condom use with a high amount of elaboration, leading to attitudes and behavioral intention (BI) in concordance with contemporary theories about attitudes and behavioral change. PROCESS macro models were used to analyze potential mediations. Results show a significant correlation between thoughts and attitudes, and attitudes partially mediated the association between thoughts and condom use. Individuals with positive thoughts tended to positively correlate their thoughts with their attitudes, and, consequently, these attitudes with their BI. In this study, we showed that (1) it was possible to develop and test an app based on the elaboration likelihood model (ELM); (2) consistent with previous studies, attitudes partially mediated the association between thoughts and condom use (BI) in a mobile environment; and (3) applications of this strategy can be used to build new approaches for prevention in health care.

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Awareness, Knowledge and Risky Behaviors of Sexually Transmitted Diseases among Young People in Greece

Cited by 22 publications

References 40 publications

Risk factors for HIV infection among adolescents and the youth: a systematic review

Risk factors for HIV infection among adolescents and the youth: a systematic review

Factors Influencing Elementary Teachers’ Readiness in Delivering Sex Education amidst Covid-19 pandemic

The Mediation Effect of Attitudes for the Association between Thoughts and the Use of Condoms in a Mobile-App Environment: From Thought to Intention

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