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Berten, Hans; Van Rossem, Ronan – Journal of Adolescence, 2009
Most studies on sexual behavior have approached the relationship between AIDS knowledge and sexual behavior unidirectionally. This paper sets out to examine a reciprocal relationship between AIDS knowledge and sexual behavior, in which it is possible that adolescents who enter into sexuality may start to actively seek out information on sex.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Secondary School Students, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexuality
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Maticka-Tyndale, Eleanor – Journal of Adolescence, 2010
The question addressed in this paper is whether the beneficial effects of Primary School Action for Better Health (PSABH), an HIV prevention programme delivered in Kenyan primary schools, continue once students move on to secondary schools. Questionnaires were completed in December 2005 and January 2006 by all form 1-3 students in 154 randomly…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Knowledge Level, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Foreign Countries
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Kraft, Pal – Journal of Adolescence, 1993
Studied sexual knowledge among Norwegian adolescents (n=1,855) aged 17-19 years. Found knowledge gaps among adolescents on sexual physiology and anatomy, sexually transmitted diseases, and fecundation/contraception. Level of sexual knowledge was higher among girls than boys and increased with increasing age. Sexual knowledge did not predict…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Age Differences, Contraception