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Item Contraceptive knowledge among first year students of Science, Commerce and Arts streams of University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.(Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Jayathilake, D.L.A.A.; Jayathissa, P.H.T.N.; Jayaweera, P.H.S.; Karunathilake, S.C; Kularatne, B.M.N.D; Jayamanne, B.D.W.Introduction: Because of biological, psychological and social changes during puberty, youth is a period characterised of impulsiveness and risk-taking which results in risky sexual behaviours. Therefore, there is a timely need to assess the knowledge about contraception and sexually transmitted infections at the University entrance. Objectives: Assess the contraceptive and STI knowledge among the first-year undergraduates of Science, Commerce, Arts streams of University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried by taking the study population as first year undergraduates from Science, Commerce, Arts by distributing a questionnaire as a Google form and randomly selected 128 responses from each stream to get the sample size of 384, they were analysed using R software. Kruskal- Wallis test was used for comparison of knowledge. Results: 384 respondents were included in the analysis. 60% were males and mean age was 21.45 years. Median contraceptive knowledge and STI knowledge of different faculties were significantly different (p<0.05). In gender-wise comparison, marks for both contraceptive and STI knowledge was higher in males than females. But only median STI knowledge was significantly higher in males (p<0.05). Conclusions: 61% of the participants had a good knowledge regarding contraception. There was a median knowledge difference between Science, Commerce and Arts streams. 68% of the participants had a good knowledge regarding STI. But there was no significant median difference between Arts and Commerce streams.Item Knowledge and attitudes on sexually transmitted infections and HIV among undergraduates in the state universities(Universitas Ahmad Dahlan - Faculty of Publich Health, 2020) Perera, U.A.P.; Abeysena, C.ABSTRACT: This study aimed to describe knowledge and attitudes on sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV among undergraduates in state universities of Western province, Sri Lanka. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among second and third year undergraduates in 2014. The stratified cluster sampling method was applied to select 1575 undergraduates. A pre-tested self-administered questionnaire was administered to assess knowledge and attitudes on STI and HIV. The associations of knowledge and attitude categories with selected variables were assessed. Most (42.3%, n=667) of the undergraduates belonged to poor knowledge category, 41% (n=646) satisfactory knowledge on STI. Only 16.6% (n=262) had good overall knowledge on STI. Undergraduates who had studied in bioscience stream (36.7%, n=91) were better knowledge than others (12.6%, n=171) (p<0.001). A majority (62.6%, n=976) of undergraduates had overall good knowledge on HIV, 27.7%, (n=432) satisfactory knowledge and 9.7% (n=151) had poor knowledge. Males who had studied in bioscience stream and those who had studied at non-mixed schools were better knowledge on HIV than the counterparts. A majority (56.5%, n=883) of undergraduates had undesirable attitudes and 43.5% (n=681) had desirable attitudes towards HIV. Males (45.9%, n=294) had more desirable attitudes than females (42%, n=386) (p>0.05). Knowledge on STI was low and HIV was higher. About half of the undergraduates had desirable attitudes towards HIV.Item Management of patients with sexually transmitted infections by general practitioners in the district of Gampaha(Sri Lanka College of Venereologists, 2016) Jayakody, W.C.J.K.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Wickramasuriya, C.D.INTRODUCTION: In Sri Lanka, care for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is given by both public and private sectors. Though there is an organized system for provision of care in government STD clinics, system available for the same purpose in private sector has not been studied. OBJECTIVE: To describe the knowledge and practices related to the management of patients presenting with symptoms and signs of sexually transmitted infections (STD Syndromes) among general practitioners in the District of Gampaha. METHOD: A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out among 200 general practitioners. Data were collected by using a self-administered structured questionnaire in English language and analyzed using SPSS 16. RESULTS: Majority of the study population were male (76%) with MBBS qualifications (97%) and involved in part time general practice (92.5%). Significant number (21% ) of GPs have not heard the term syndromic management of STDs. Almost three quarter (74%) of GPs did not use any guideline for the management for STIs. Only a minority of GPs has prescribed the recommended antibiotic combination for patients presenting with urethral discharge (10%), vaginal discharge (16%), non vesicular genital ulcers (3.5%) and vesicular genital ulcers (35%). Majority (55.5%) of GPs have done condom promotion. Counselling on STI prevention was done only by about half (48%) of the GPs. CONCLUSIONS: Most GPs were not aware of the syndromic management of STDs. Diagnostic tests that have been carried out were not appropriate to the symptoms and recommended treatment was not prescribed for most of the syndromes. They were unfamiliar with the STI management guidelines.