Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Sexual Health among Students of Centre for Foundation Studies

Abstract

Introduction: Sexual health is not merely just avoiding infectious disease or unwanted pregnancy, but it isbroader issue that required serious attention. People with sexually transmitted infection or unwantedpregnancy also have the chances to be sexually healthy. In order to be sexually healthy, ones must recognizethe sexual rights that we share, having the access to get the sexual health education, and able tocommunicate with the healthcare providers regarding the issues of sexual health and empowered toprevent sexually transmitted disease and unwanted pregnancy. Aims: This study aims to determine thelevel of knowledge, attitudes, and practices on sexual health among the students of centre for foundationstudies (CFS). Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 320 participants by using a closeended question. Result: The results showed that, there were high level of knowledge on sexual healthamong CFS students with excellent understandings on non-permissible premarital sexual intercoursedisplayed by their non-experience confessions. Conclusion: This study findings can be used for future todevelop intervention in order to decrease the sexual health problems by enlightening the students on properknowledge, attitude and practice on sexual health.