Open AccessAwareness of HIV/STD among children aged 13 to 17 years of an urban high school in Mangalore
Author(s) -
Sudarshan K. Shetty,
Thomas Mathen Maveli,
Siddarth S. Joshi,
Vijaya Shenoy
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of biomedical and advance research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2455-0558
pISSN - 2229-3809
DOI - 10.7439/ijbar.v4i8.436
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , psychological intervention , transmission (telecommunications) , environmental health , demography , pediatrics , family medicine , psychiatry , electrical engineering , sociology , engineering
Adolescence is a period of many changes, including physical, mental, physiological, behavioural changes occuring in an individual. This vulnerable period makes the child susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases due to various reasons. We surveyed an urban school of coastal Karnataka state in children aged 13 to 17 years for awareness regarding HIV/STD. Among the 768 respondents, only 53.5% beleived that protected sex reduced the risk of HIV/STD transmission. we also reviewed other investigators and recommend more educational interventions in the school