Awareness and knowledge of syphilis among different populations in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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Awareness and knowledge of syphilis among different populations in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Liu Ying ^A, Tang Shaokai ^A, Ye Xingdong ^A ^B, He Wanping ^A, Li Jinliang ^A, Yang Qian ^A and Gao Kexian ^A

^A Guangzhou Institute of Dermatology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510 095, China.
^B Corresponding author. Email: xingdongye@21cn.com

Sexual Health - http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH12181
Submitted: 18 June 2012 Accepted: 31 October 2012 Published online: 15 March 2013





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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the awareness of different populations about syphilis in Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong Province, China. A questionnaire survey was conducted, and awareness rates of different groups were calculated. The results suggested that the awareness rates of syphilis knowledge in the surveyed subjects were low, and targeted health education and health promotion should be strengthened.

Additional keywords: drug users, detainees, education, sexually transmissible infections.

References

[1] Lin CC, Gao X, Chen XS, Chen Q, Cohen MS. China’s syphilis epidemic: a systematic review of seroprevalence studies. Sex Transm Dis 2006; 33: 726–36.
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[2] The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention STD Control Center (CCDC). Syphilis prevention knowledge and awareness survey program. Nanjing: CCDC; 2011.

[3] Liang SY, Zhang HX, Wang GX, Tan JS, Xuan ZD. Investigation on knowledge, attitude and behavior for AIDS among college students of Henan Province. Mod Prev Med 2008; 35: 1876–81.

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