Testing a New Measure of Sexual Health Knowledge and Its Connections to Students' Sex Education, Communication, Confidence, and Condom Use
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19543497 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca B Weinstein (California University of Pennsylvania), Jennifer L Walsh (0000-0002-6756-3700, University of Michigan), Lori M Ward (0000-0001-5061-1924, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 212-221 |
| Publication date | 2008-08-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Sexual Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1931-7611 • E-ISSN: 1931-762X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19317610802240279 |
| OpenAlex | W2057436309 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 25 |
This study investigates the nature of college students' sexual health knowledge, prior sex education coverage, and sexual communication and confidence. We created a new, comprehensive sexual health knowledge measure to assess 347 undergraduates' knowledge of reproductive health, contraception, condom use, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and HIV/AIDS. Overall, students demonstrated a fairly poor understanding of sexual health issues. Women were more knowledgeable than men, specifically on the topics of contraception and STDs. Prior exposure to sex education covering mainstream reproductive health issues or newer contraception methods was correlated with greater knowledge across all domains, particularly for men. Greater knowledge was also correlated with greater sexual assertiveness and confidence with condoms among women. KEYWORDS: sexual health knowledgecollege studentssex educationsexual communication Notes ∗p ≤ .05; ∗∗ p ≤ .01. ∗p ≤ .05; ∗∗ p ≤ .01. ∗p ≤ .05; ∗∗p ≤ .01. ∗p ≤ .05; ∗∗ p ≤ .01. ∗p ≤ .05; ∗∗ p ≤ .01
Assertiveness · Condom · Environmental health · Family medicine · Gynecology · Health education · Population · Public health · Reproductive health · Sociology · Syphilis · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.76 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |