Ayenew Assefa, Meselo Sema and Mekuriaw Bezabih
Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are diseases that have a substantial public health problem universally. More than 1 million STIs are acquired every day with an estimated 357 million new infections yearly. The youth and adolescents are the most affected groups with STIs due to a lack of knowledge and health care service that lead them to practice unsafe sex and have multiple sexual partners.
Objectives: To assess knowledge, attitude, and preventive practice towards sexually transmitted infection among tewoderos preparatory school students in Debre tabor town, north-central Ethiopia, Ethiopia.
Methods: Cross-sectional study design was conducted and a simple random sampling technique was employed. A structured self-administered questionnaire was used. 207 study subjects were selected. Tables and graphs with texts were used to present the results.
Result: 53.62% of the respondents had good knowledge about STIs while 37.68% of them had fair knowledge and 3.70% of them had poor knowledge. In attitude assessment 55.1% had a good attitude towards STIs, 34.9% had a favorable attitude while 12.1% of them had a negative attitude towards STIs.
Conclusion: The knowledge and attitude of the respondents for STIs were not satisfactory. Hence, increasing awareness and improving the attitudes of the respondents towards STI must be the first action.
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