The research aimed to investigate and assess the sources of health information on sex and knowledge on STIs among secondary school student of Moshono village In August 2011. A simple random sampling method was used among of three secondary schools Moshono, Baraa and Seriani. In each school, students who were present on the day of data collection were selected randomly to participate in the study. Sample size was 288 students. Ethical clearance was requested from district education officer. Further clearance from the headmaster of three secondary schools. The informed verbal consent was obtained from the students. The advantages of the study were explained to them.
Generally the knowledge about STI is good as most of them 274 students (95.1%) know that STI can be prevented and most of them 240(83.3%) know that not all STIs have cure.
Types of STIs that are well known are HIV 273(94.8%), Gonorrhea 255(88.5%). 245 students (85.1%) knew syphilis, chlamydia 22(7.6%), other types i.e. chancroid, lymphogranuloma, herpes infection 11(3.8%).
But the problem is that they don’t recognize they are in risk group to get STI about 231 students (80.2%) denied that they are at risk to get STIs.
This knowledge of STIs has been acquired mainly from books, 241(83.7%) say they acquired via books that are mainly borrowed 154(53.5%). Others get books by buying 80(27.8%), others by being provided as their personal copies 40(13.9%) so the effort should be done to make sure there are enough copies to provide each students. also teachers have contributed much to this knowledge 227 (78.8%) who teach students via chalk and board 187 (64.9%), and health workers 224 (77.8%) who use “vipeperushi” as mode of passing information to students 159 students (55.2%). .
--Community Medicine--Epidermiology and Biostatistics