Out of school and university student STI data

This data were collected through a structured self-administered questionnaire. The original tool that was used to collect data for the main study consisted of sociodemographic, sexual relationships and behaviours using a 39 item scale. An 18 item scale was used to measure condom use and HIV risk perception, a 16 item scale to measure knowledge of STI and awareness of partner notification, an 11 item scale was used to assess the practice and behaviour around use of partner notification slips in a subgroup of those who reported to have been diagnosed with STIs, a 11 item scale to measure the acceptability and perceived intentions to use a referral slip and SMS partner notification.For purposes of this study, we focused our measures on comparable demographics relevant to students and out of school youth sociodemographic, sexual behaviour and condom use and the questions included condom use in the last sexual act, unprotected sex, number of sex partners, concurrent partnership, and transactional sex. To assess the level of risk perception, a five-item three-scale Likert scale was employed. The students were asked how worried they were of getting HIV and the chance of contracting STIs. The response was categorised as 0 = not likely to contract the disease and was categorised as having low risk perception, and 1 = likely to contact the disease as having high risk perception. The students were asked if they were diagnosed with STIs in the last 12 months and the common symptoms they experienced. The participants who gave an affirmative response to STI diagnosis were further asked about their health-seeking behaviour and partner notification practice. The partner notification questions were compiled in a five-item measure. The questions that covered intentions to notify sexual partners if they had an STI were assessed using seven items asking whether they would notify their partner if they had an STI and the preferred partner notification method. Responses were categorised as “Yes”, “No” and “Not sure”. For prior partner notification experiences, students were asked whether they had ever informed a sexual partner that they had been diagnosed or treated for an STI, and asked them whether a sexual partner had ever informed them of an STI.

本数据集通过结构化自填式问卷采集所得。本研究主体数据采集所用的原始工具包含一套39条目量表，用于采集社会人口学特征、性关系及相关行为信息。其中，采用18条目量表评估安全套使用情况与HIV风险感知，16条目量表用于测量性传播感染（STI，Sexually Transmitted Infection）知识及伴侣通知意识；针对报告曾被诊断为性传播感染的亚组人群，使用11条目量表评估其伴侣通知单的使用实践与行为，另有一套11条目量表用于衡量转诊单与短信（SMS）伴侣通知的可接受度及使用意向。本研究聚焦于与学生及校外青年相关的可比社会人口学特征、性行为及安全套使用相关指标，所涵盖问题包括末次性行为时的安全套使用情况、无保护性行为、性伴侣数量、并发伴侣关系及交易性性行为。为评估风险感知水平，研究采用了一套5条目3级李克特（Likert）量表，询问学生感染HIV的担忧程度以及感染性传播感染的可能性。应答被划分为两类：赋值0代表“不太可能感染疾病”，归为低风险感知；赋值1代表“可能感染疾病”，归为高风险感知。研究询问了学生过去12个月内是否曾被诊断为性传播感染及其所经历的常见症状。对性传播感染诊断应答为肯定的参与者，会被进一步问及就医行为与伴侣通知实践。伴侣通知相关问题采用一套5条目量表进行调研，通过7个条目评估参与者在感染性传播感染时通知性伴侣的意向，以及偏好的伴侣通知方式，应答被划分为"Yes"、"No"与"Not sure"三类。针对既往伴侣通知经历，研究询问参与者是否曾告知性伴侣自己被诊断或治疗过性传播感染，以及是否有性伴侣曾向其告知感染性传播感染的情况。