The Sexual Health Literacy and Preventive Behaviors on HIV Infection of University Students with Nightlife, Chonburi Province

Abstract

HIV/ AIDs are a significant global health problem among university students. There is need to be careful monitoring for university students. Besides, sexual health literacy is an important factor which affects preventive behaviors on HIV infection. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine sexual health literacy preventive behaviors on HIV infection and factors related preventive behaviors on HIV infection among university students with nightlife. The samples size was 474 both male and female university students. They were studying in first to fourth years undergraduate. Data was collected by using online self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics was presented frequency, percentage, mean, minimum, maximum, and standard deviation (SD). Correlations were determined by using chi-squared statistical methods.

The results showed that 68.6% was female university students, 11.6% was homosexual and 10.8% had sexual intercourse during three month before. There were 9.7% being low level to preventive behaviors on HIV infection and 51.1% being low level sexual health literacy. Factors that significantly correlated with preventive behaviors on HIV infection were sex (p = 0.012), sexual expression (p<0.001), year of study (p = 0.019), relationships with parents (p = 0.040), current residential type (p = 0.003),  history of having boyfriend or girlfriends (p<0.001),  history of kiss with boyfriend or girlfriends (p = 0.018 good attitude towards to sexual and sexual relationship (p = 0.006),  and respect to sexuality difference from their own (p<0.001).

The results revealed that university students with low level sexual health literacy were more likely to exhibit inappropriate preventive behaviors on HIV infection. Therefore, Stakeholders must work toward improving sexual health literacy of preventive behaviors on HIV infection, especially for university freshy students with nightlife and who had homosexual.

Keywords : Sexual health literacy, preventive behaviors on HIV, adolescent, nightlife