Sexual Behavior Among Garde 8 Secondary School Students in Suphan Buri Province in 2005-2007

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The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of HIV-related behaviors for HIV and knowledge about HIV of the 2nd.year secondary school in Supanburi Provine A two-stage cluster sampling technique was used to select 768 participants the grade 8 students in 12 selected schools. Self-Interview of Epidemic Office, Department of Communicable Disease Control was used for data collection by neither unidentified name nor other information. Sexual Behavior and Knowledge about HIV data analyze by descriptive statistic. The mean ages were 13 and 14 years. Only 12.2% of male students and 14% of female students were able to answer all 5 UNGASS knowledge questions correctly and only 4 % of male student and 0.5% of female students had ever had sexual intercourse. Only 47% of male students and 0% of female students used condom in their first sex. All of female students were not force to have their first sex and all of female students had ever had sex for money and incentive return.