AIDS—related Knowledge,Condom Usage Among Medical Postgraduates

To investigate the knowledge about safety/unsafty of sexual acts relating to HIV transmission,levels of embarrassment related to condom and condom usage among medical postgraduates.Methods:Form august to December,1998,a self-administered anonymous questionnaire was given to 271 new medical postgraduates from two medical colleges of bejing and Hebei province,Results :There was a hazy understanding of the protective function of condom from AIDS among medical postgraduates.Only 14.4% medical postgraduates persisted in unsing condom.and 27.94% had never or almost never used it .The levels of embarrassment about condom nwere high,The median score was 3.55±0.98,whether to use condom was related with the attitudes to conom,but not to AIDS.Conclusion There was some misunderstanding about condom and inconsistent condom usage in medical postgraduates,So it is essential to strengthen the sexual health education among them.