How to Safeguard University Students Against HIV Transmission? Results of a Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Young people represent a growing share of the group living with HIV, and monitoring the sexual behaviors of this vulnerable age group is necessary to control and prevent the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The present study has been conducted to investigate the level of knowledge and attitudes toward HIV infection and sexual behaviors among a sample of undergraduate university students in Southern Italy.

Methods

Data were collected through an anonymous online questionnaire between 1st to 31st July 2020 and included questions on socio-demographic and sexual history characteristics, knowledge and attitudes toward HIV infection, sexual behaviors, and sources of information about HIV. The eligibility criteria for the study were: age between 18 and 30 years and registered as an u

SUBMITTER: Licata F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9263725 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature