RT Article
T1 What's Religion Got to Do with It? Exploring College Students' Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge and Awareness of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Relation to Their Gender and Religiosity
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 57
IS 5
SP 1856
OP 1875
A1 Martin, Nancy
A1 Baralt, Lori
A1 Garrido-Ortega, Claire
A2 Baralt, Lori
A2 Garrido-Ortega, Claire
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1583771743
AB The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between religiosity and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) knowledge and awareness of campus SRH services among college students on a racially and ethnically diverse college campus. The sample included 996 undergraduate students at a large public university in California. For women, there was a consistent pattern across religious affiliations of more frequent attenders reporting lower SRH knowledge than less frequent attenders. These findings suggest that higher rates of religious attendance among Catholic, Protestant, and Evangelical women pose a risk for lower SRH knowledge. The results suggest the need for SRH outreach and educational materials targeting men in general, who had lower levels of SRH knowledge and awareness of SRH services overall, and taking religiosity into account, particularly with regard to women.
K1 College students
K1 Religious Affiliation
K1 Religious Attendance
K1 Sexual and reproductive health
K1 Sexual and reproductive health knowledge
K1 Sexual and reproductive health services
DO 10.1007/s10943-017-0432-y