Awareness and service utilization of HIV pre-and post-exposure prophylaxis among the young students aged 15-24 years in Hefei
Objective To understand the awareness and service utilization of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis(PrEP)and post-exposure prophylaxis(PEP)among the young students aged 15-24 in Hefei,so as to provide reference for the prevention and treat-ment of AIDS among young students in the future.Methods From May to June 2022,a stratified random cluster sampling method was used to select two different types of universities(undergraduate and vocational colleges)in Hefei,and a cross-sectional survey was conducted among the 916 young students at the selected schools.The Chi-square test was used for statistical analysis.Results Among the surveyed young students,88.4％had heterosexual orientation,and 12.4％had sexual behavior including 8.8％of homo-sexual sexual behavior and 91.2％of heterosexual sexual behavior.The rate of condom use was 70.0％in the last homosexual inter-course,and the rate of condom use was 83.7％in the last heterosexual intercourse.About 41.9％of young students heard of PrEP,and the proportions of young students who knew about PrEP,consulted PrEP and used PrEP were 43.0％,15.9％and 9.4％re-spectively.About 38.3％of young students had heard of PEP,and the proportions of young students who knew about PEP,consul-ted PEP and used PEP were 18.2％,15.4％and 6.0％.Conclusions The awareness rate and utilization rate of PrEP and PEP a-mong young students in Hefei are relatively low.PrEP and PEP publicity should be combined with education of HIV knowledge,and enhance the awareness rate of the young students,in order to reduce the risk of AIDS infection among young students with high-risk behaviors.
Human immunodeficiency virus proteinsPre-exposure preventionCognitionStudents
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