Knowledge Levels of Vocational High School Students About Substance Addiction and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Gülay Börekçi | Derya Uysal | Arzu Özel , | Döne Aksu | Mualla Yılmaz | Ayse Sarı | Fahri Aşkan | Ümit Yiğit | Nilüfer Tekgül | Adnan Coşkun | Özcan Özdemir | Tuba Emül | Asiye Uzel | Filiz Değirmenci | Rana Yiğit | Bahar Taşdelen

Introduction: This study was carried out to determine the knowledge levels of vocational high school students about substance addiction and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Materials and Methods: 20691 students from 22 vocational high schools were included in this study, and it was conducted with a total of 1929 students selected with stratified sampling. The data obtained in this study was collected using a questionnaire form. Results: The mean age of the students was 16.58±1.17, of which 54.1% were male, and 57.4% were high school 9-10th grade. It was determined that most of the students (95.9%) lived with their families and 25.2% of them came with migration. 95.5% of the students stated that they had information about the health hazards of cigarettes, alcohol and oth...