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| Title |
A cross-sectional study to explore postgraduate students’ understanding of and beliefs about sexual and reproductive health in a public university, Malaysia
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| Published in |
Reproductive Health, August 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12978-015-0070-3 |
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| Authors |
Shahla Soleymani, Hejar Abdul Rahman, Rampal Lekhraj, Nor Afiah Mohd Zulkefli, Nasrin Matinnia |
| Abstract |
The main sexual and reproductive health issues among young people are premarital sexual intercourse, unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions and sexually transmitted diseases including Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge related to sexual and reproductive health among Malaysian postgraduate students in a public university in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was carried out among postgraduate students by systematic random sampling technique. A pre-tested self administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Out of 434 respondents, the majority of students were female (78.6 %) and single (78.3 %). The overall mean age of respondents was 27.0 ranging from 20 to 46 years of age. The main sources of information for sexual and reproductive health awareness were the internet (78.6 %) and newspaper (61.8 %). The majority (97.9 %) of the students knew that AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease. Most of them believed that the spread of sexually transmitted diseases was through shaking hands (92.1 %). Use of condoms was perceived to be the best way to avoid sexually transmitted diseases (88.4 %). Sexual and reproductive health knowledge was significantly associated with the students' age, marital status and faculty. The socio-demographic factors and current educational status accounted for a significant 9 % of the variability in sexual and reproductive health knowledge, f (7, 426) = 11, p <0.001. The postgraduate students' level of knowledge on sexual and reproductive health was not satisfactory. Sexual and reproductive health knowledge was associated with the students' marital status and faculty. Intervention programs related to sexual and reproductive health are recommended. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 152 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 28 | 18% |
| Researcher | 12 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 5% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 23 | 15% |
| Unknown | 49 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 27% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 29 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 9% |
| Psychology | 5 | 3% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 11 | 7% |
| Unknown | 51 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 September 2015.
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#15,345,593
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#1,108
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#156,663
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#19
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