ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
A Comparative Analysis of Risky Sexual Behaviors, Self-Reported Sexually Transmitted Infections, Knowledge of Symptoms and Partner Notification Practices among Male and Female University Students in Pretoria, South Africa.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- "I have never heard of this reproductive health": young adults' understanding of the link between sexually transmitted infections and reproductive health in Eastern Cape, South Africa.SAHARA J : journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance · 2026Article
- Attitudes toward partner notification ofFrontiers in public health · 2026Article
- International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2026Article
- Partner notification and STI patient experiences in Ekurhuleni East, Gauteng, South Africa.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
- Spectrum of sexual partner types among adults screened for sexually transmitted infections in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.PloS one · 2025Article
- Sexual health behaviours and partner notification practices related to sexually transmitted infections in young adults in Ireland.Irish journal of medical science · 2024Article
- Digital interventions for STI and HIV partner notification: a scoping review.Sexually transmitted infections · 2024Article
- HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing Utilisation among School of Healthcare Sciences Undergraduate Students at the University of Limpopo.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Assessing Condom Use and Views on HIV Counselling and Testing among TVET College Students in Limpopo Province, South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Sexual Behaviour and Attitudes towards Safe Sex of Youth Receiving Antiretroviral Care at Public Health Facilities in Palapye District, Botswana.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Mental health, self-rated health, risky sexual behaviour, alcohol use, and drug use among students who intend to spend a semester abroad - a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The acceptability and perceived use of HIV self-testing among technical vocational education and training students in Limpopo province.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2023Article
- Knowledge and practices of female students at university of Kara regarding sexually transmitted infections in Togo, 2021.Journal of public health in Africa · 2022Article
- Aetiology of genital ulcer disease and associated factors among Mthatha public clinic attendees.Southern African journal of infectious diseases · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The surge of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among young people is of public health importance, and the notification and treatment of sex partners after the diagnosis of an STI is a public health approach to prevent and reduce further transmissions. There are limited studies that investigate partner notification among young people in general, and university students in South Africa in particular. We investigated self-reported STIs and partner notification practice, intentions, and preferences among university students. We also assessed their STI knowledge and risky sexual behaviour in relation to STIs. The study was a descriptive cross-sectional survey that used multistage sampling to select 918 students across the five schools of a health sciences university in South Africa. Descriptive statistics and bivariate logistic analysis were performed using Stata IC version 16. More males (54.1%) than females were currently in a sexual relationship (47.3%), more males reported multiple sexual partners (
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.