Awareness and associated factors of HIV/AIDS related knowledge among secondary school students in Guangzhou

Objective To understand the awareness and associated factors of the HIV/AIDS related knowledge among secondary school students in Guangzhou under the new situation of AIDS epidemic,and to provide evidence for HIV/AIDS prevention and control in school.Methods Multi-stage cluster sampling method was employed to select a total of 4 096 middle school students recruited from 25 secondary schools (including junior high school and high school) from September to December in 2015.And the new modified HIV/AIDS knowledge questionnaire was used to collect the information of HIV/AIDS related knowledge.Results The overall awareness rate of HIV/AIDS related knowledge among secondary school students in Guangzhou was 58.69%(2 404/ 4 096).About 48.12% (1 971/4 096) of students had received publicity and education of HIV/AIDS prevention in the past year,and the main source was the education prescription(63.48%),billboards and posters(60.63%) and the experts lecture(43.75%).Muhivariate Logistic analysis showed that male(OR =1.19,95% CI =1.04-1.36),school providing HIV/AIDS prevention knowledge education(OR=1.84,95%CI=1.56-2.17) and receiving publicity and education of HIV/AIDS prevention in the past year (OR=2.54,95%CI=2.21-2.9) were the promoting factors of the HIV/AIDS related knowledge(P<0.05).Conclusion The secondary school students in Guangzhou have little knowledge about AIDS,especially about AIDS epedemic trend,the main route of transmission and new narcotics harm.Schools should strengthen AIDS prevention and control publicity and education for the new epidemic situation of HIV/AIDS.