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  • Title: Swedish adolescents' knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases and their attitudes to the condom.
    Author: Tyden T, Norden L, Ruusuvaara L.
    Journal: Midwifery; 1991 Mar; 7(1):25-30. PubMed ID: 2011089.
    Abstract:
    In an attempt to assess the risk of AIDS infection in teenagers in Sweden a survey of adolescent sexual behaviour was conducted in Uppsala. Two hundred and nine students in the first form of an upper secondary school completed a questionnaire at the beginning of a lesson on family life. Half the female and 45% of the male students reported having had sexual intercourse. Forty per cent had not used contraception at their first intercourse and 23% reported no use of contraceptive at their most recent intercourse. The students considered that they had only a low risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease. The use of condoms was relatively low and this has implications for the students' potential to contract a sexually transmitted disease. In an attempt to assess the risk of AIDS infection in teens in Sweden, a survey of adolescent sexual behavior was conducted in Uppsala. 209 students in the 1st form of an upper secondary school completed a questionnaire at the beginning of a lesson on family life. 1/2 of the female and 45% of the male students reported having had sexual intercourse. 40% had not used contraception at their 1st intercourse and 23% reported they had not used contraception at their most recent intercourse. The students considered that they had only low risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Condom use was relatively low and this had implications for the students' potential to contact an STD.
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