Journal article
Trends in Sexual Behavior, Testing, and Knowledge in Young People; 2006-2011
Megan SC Lim, Anna L Bowring, Judy Gold, Campbell K Aitken, Margaret E Hellard
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2012
Abstract
Cross-sectional surveys were conducted annually from 2006 to 2011 at a music festival. Eight thousand one hundred sixty-five young people completed surveys. STI testing rates increased over time, but there was an increase in the prevalence of some sexual risk behaviors and little improvement in STI knowledge between 2006 and 2011.
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Funding Acknowledgements
M.S.C.L. receives funding from an NH&MRC early career fellowship and M. E. H. receives funding from the NH&MRC as a senior research fellow. Funding for individual years of the study was provided by the Burnet Institute (2007, 2009, and 2010), NH&MRC (2006), the Windermere Foundation and Pierce Armstrong Foundation (2008) and the Victorian Department of Health (2011). The authors gratefully acknowledge the contribution to this work of the Victorian Operational Infrastructure Support Program received by the Burnet Institute. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.