       Document 0701
 DOCN  M9630701
 TI    AIDS related information, attitudes and behaviours among Italian male
       young people.
 DT    9603
 AU    Carducci A; Frasca M; Grasso A; Terzi I; Avio CM; Department of
       Experimental, Infective and Public Biomedicine,; University of Pisa,
       Italy.
 SO    Eur J Epidemiol. 1995 Feb;11(1):23-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96104931
 AB    In order to evaluate the AIDS related sources of information, knowledge,
       attitudes and behaviours among male young people it was filled in a
       multi-choice anonymous questionnaire by 2018 subjects, called for the
       first medical examination to Italian Navy and by 1348 recruits. The data
       from the latter group were used to make comparisons with our previous
       survey carried out in 1988. The most important sources of information on
       AIDS were mass media and school, on sexuality friends and family. AIDS
       awareness was greater among the high educated subjects and positively
       influenced by mass media and school as sources of information. In
       agreement with these data, knowledge was better about AIDS than about
       sexuality. Risk perception was positively influenced by the AIDS-related
       knowledge for called youth and a greater intolerance towards infected
       people was observed among the less educated and the less AIDS-aware
       subjects. On average 46% of the called up young men and 74% of recruits
       declared to be sexually active: among these, the mean age at the first
       sexual intercourse was 16, over 60% declared to have had multiple
       partners, over 30% unknown partners and over 30% didn't use condoms; 20%
       of called up and 38% of recruits indicated 2 or 3 risk behaviours.
       Factors determining sex-related risks were different according to the
       behaviour and the considered group. These results suggest that it is
       important for young people to be well informed about sex and AIDS before
       the beginning of sexual activity, if possible during compulsory school.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION &
       CONTROL/*PSYCHOLOGY  Adolescence  Adult  Human  Italy/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Male  *Military Personnel  Patient
       Education  Questionnaires  Risk Factors  Sex Behavior  Support, Non-U.S.
       Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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