Factors associated with university students' knowledge about HIV and preand post-exposure prophylaxis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

to analyze the factors associated with university students' knowledge about HIV and preand post-exposure prophylaxis.

Methods

a cross-sectional study was conducted with 503 university students from a southern state in Brazil; data were collected using a characterization tool and a questionnaire containing 16 statements about the topic; descriptive measures and Poisson regression models with robust variance were used for analysis.

Results

the prevalence of adequate knowledge (i.e., scoring more than 12 correct answers) was 27.83%; students older than 24 years, enrolled in health-related courses, who had not engaged in sexual relations in the last quarter, with a history of rapid HIV testing, and who knew or had heard about the prophylaxes showed a higher lik

SUBMITTER: Lima ALS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11370771 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature