Factors associated with inadequate and problematic sexual health literacy among hill tribe junior high school students in northern Thailand. Download PDF Abstract Sexual health literacy (SHL) is an important factor in preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among junior high school students, particularly in middle- to lower-income countries, including Thailand. This study aimed to determine the factors associated with SHL among hill tribe junior high school students in Chiang Rai Province.
A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted to collect data using a validated and structured questionnaire and standard tool for assessing SHL between January and March 2024. The questionnaire was completed by the students in a private setting. Logistic regression was used to determine the associations between variables at the significance level α = 0.05.
A total of 400 hill tribe junior high school students were recruited: 63.8% were females; the average student age was 14.2 years (SD = 1.0); and 41.3% were Akha, 22.8% were Hmong, and 18.3% were non-Thai. More than half had inadequate SHL (55.8%) and 29.5% had problematic SHL. Four variables were found to be associated with inadequate-to-problematic SHL.
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