Sexual and reproductive health service needs of university/college students: updates from a survey in Shanghai, China

Abstract

The reproductive health service is lagging behind current attitudes and demands of university students. Although students' attitudes towards sexual matters are liberal, their knowledge about reproductive health and STIs/AIDS is still limited. It is therefore necessary to provide effective and confidential reproductive health services to young people.

The evolution of sex education and students' sexual knowledge in Finland in the 2000s

“…This finding is in line with studies of STIs in the United Kingdom, the USA, Sweden, Australia and China (Westwood and Mullan 2006;Carrera et al 2000;Sydsjö et al 2006;Agius et al 2006;Chen et al 2008). It seems to be difficult to motivate adolescents to adopt information about STIs; the issue seems often too far removed from their real interests.…”

“…Poor knowledge of STIs has been found also among school children in Australia (Agius et al 2006). In China, only 38% could identify three types of STIs listed in the questionnaire and only 56% knew when to use condoms (Chen et al 2008). In sum, these studies provide evidence of poor quality of sex education in these countries.…”

Need of premarital care

“…This was in accordance with different studies conducted on divergent participants as health care providers where health education intervention applied succeeded in improving the knowledge significantly affirming that it is the corner stone in promotion of Premarital care. [8][9][10][11][12][13] Elders takes so much of pain in finding the good match for their dear ones by inquiring and kundali match but forget to match the health kundali and find a biological compatible match which ensures not only a healthy family but also lead to a healthy progeny ahead. People fear getting ostracized or not being able to get a partner if they declare even the most minor health problem which is also shown in our study.…”

The Need of Educating Adolescent Females of Karachi, Pakistan Regarding Reproductive Health

“…Thus it proves H5= There is a significant difference in the responses for reproductive health problems of respondents from different areas. Chen, Lu, Wang, Ma, Zhao, Guo ,& Chen, (2008) highlighted the fact in their study that despite providing reproductive health education to students at primary level, the university students" demand of reproductive health services are lagging behind. They further emphasized on the need of effective health information and services to be provided to adolescents.…”

“…A study conducted in China by Chen,Wang, Ma, and Guo (2008) also reveals that the knowledge amongst youth is limited regarding reproductive health education. Hendriksen, Pettifor, & Coates (2007) concluded in his study that it is very essential to expose youth to reproductive health education before their sexual debut which particularly assists young women in making decisions related to sexual life.…”