Sexual behavior of medical students: A single institutional survey

Objective: We investigated the sexual practices of medical students as they are positioned to serve as peer educators in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Methods: This was a cross sectional study, where self- administered questionnaires were distributed to consenting 4 th to 6 th year medical students in...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	African health sciences Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 150 - 153
Main Authors:	Daniyam, C.A, Agaba, P.A, Agaba, E.I
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Uganda Makerere University Medical School 01-06-2010 Makerere Medical School
Subjects:	Adult African studies Condoms Condoms - utilization Cross-Sectional Studies Disease prevention Female Graduate students Health and Medicine Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice HIV Infections - prevention & control HIV Infections - transmission HIV/AIDS, Students, Sexual behaviour, Condom use Humans Male Medical schools Nigeria Original Peer Group Risk Factors Sexual Behavior Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data Sexual Partners Students, Medical - psychology Students, Medical - statistics & numerical data Surveys and Questionnaires Universities Young Adult Nigeria Jos, Nigeria Nigeria, Plateau State, Jos Africa HIV/AIDS Condom use Sexual behaviour Students
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	Objective: We investigated the sexual practices of medical students as they are positioned to serve as peer educators in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Methods: This was a cross sectional study, where self- administered questionnaires were distributed to consenting 4 th to 6 th year medical students in Jos, Nigeria with a view of elucidating information regarding sexual practices and condom utilization. Safe sex practice was defined as the use of condoms and being in a monogamous relationship. Results : Of a total of 400 questionnaires distributed, 365 respondents (249 males and 116 females) had adequate data for analysis. A large proportion (62%) of our students have never had sex before and less than 30% of them are sexually active. Only 6.1% had multiple sexual partners and homosexuality was uncommon (1.9%). Condom utilization amongst the sexually active was high (65%) and similar among male and female students (71.3% vs. 51.9% respectively, p = 0.08). Conclusion: There exists safe sexual practice among medical students in our setting. This group could be recruited as peer educators in the war against HIV/AIDS.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2
ISSN:	1680-6905 1729-0503