Table 2 Characteristics of the 15 studies on knowledge on sexually transmitted diseases among school-attending adolescents in Europe

Fogarty [36]

Galway, Ireland

Not available

Classroom-completed questionnaire

Knowledge about AIDS

15-18 years

2614 leaving certificate pupils

Male/female

All 50 Galway second-level schools

Not available

Andersson-Ellström et al. [37]

Not specified, Sweden

1986 and 1988

Classroom-completed questionnaire

Knowledge of and attitudes towards STDs

18-19 years

1986: 350 1988: 603 upper secondary school pupils

Male/female

Not clear how many schools participated

100%

Tyden et al. [38]

Uppsala, Sweden

1988

Classroom-completed questionnaire

Knowledge of STDs and attitudes to condom

16-19 years

209 year 1 of upper secondary school pupils

Male/female

5 of 6 upper secondary schools

98%

Lunin et al. [39]

St. Petersburg, Russia

1993

Classroom-completed questionnaire

Knowledge, attitudes and behaviour relevant to AIDS prevention

14-17 years

370 year 10 pupils

Male/female

14 randomly selected schools

94%

Andersson-Ellström et al. [40]

Karlstad, Sweden

1989-1990

Questionnaire completed at clinic

Relationship between knowledge about STD, sexual behaviour, contraceptive use, STD protection and social class

16-18 years

88 year 1 of upper secondary school pupils

Female

Not clear how many schools participated

58%

Eriksson et al.[41]*

Not specified, Sweden

1994

Classroom-completed questionnaire

Knowledge on HIV/AIDS and sources of information

14-16 years

146 year 9 pupils

Male/female

1 school

100%

Garside et al. [42]**

Devon, England

1999-2000

Classroom-completed questionnaire

Knowledge and attitudes towards STDs, their detection and treatment

13-16 years

432 year 9 and 11 pupils

Male/female

1 school

Not reported

Goodwin et al. [43]¹

St. Petersburg, Russia;

2000

Face-face interview in school

Knowledge on HIV/AIDS, sexual behaviour

Mean age 15.6 years

50 school pupils

Male/female

Not clear how many schools participated

Not clear

Goodwin et al. [43]²

St. Petersburg, Russia; Tblisi, Georgia; Kiev, Ukraine

Not available

Face-face interview in school and classroom-completed questionnaire

Knowledge on HIV/AIDS, sexual behaviour

14-17 years

102 school pupils

Male/female

Not clear how many schools participated

Not clear

Macek et al. [44]

Nova Gradiska/Zagreb, Croatia

Not available

Classroom-completed questionnaire

Knowledge on HIV/AIDS, attitudes towards integration of HIV-positive pupils into regular schools

Not available

108 year 7 and 8 pupils

Male/female

2 schools

Not reported

Woodhall et al.[45]***

Tampere, Finland

2005

Home-completed questionnaire

Knowledge of and attitudes towards STDs, esp. HPV

14-15 years

397 year 9 pupils

Male/female

All households in Tampere with adolescents born in 1990 and in year 9 contacted

21.5%

Gottvall et al. [46]

Not specific, Sweden

2008

Classroom-completed questionnaire

Knowledge of and attitudes towards HPV vaccination and condom use

15-16 years

608 year 1 of upper secondary school pupils

Male/female

7 schools

86%

Höglund et al. [47]

Uppsala, Sweden

Not available

Classroom-completed questionnaire

Knowledge of and attitudes to STDs, focus on HPV

15-20 years

459 year 1 of upper secondary school pupils

Male/female

5 schools

98%

Pelucchi et al.[48]***

Milan area and Varese, Italy

2008

Home-completed questionnaire

Knowledge of HPV, prevention, and attitudes towards vaccination

14-20 years

863 high school pupils

Male/female

8 schools

79%

Sachsenweger et al.[49]^#

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany

2005

Classroom-completed questionnaire

Knowledge on HIV/AIDS

11-18 years

769 year 7-9 pupils

Male/female

Not clear how many schools participated

Not available