Poor awareness of syphilis prevention and treatment knowledge among six different populations in south China

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Awareness of individual items of syphilis knowledge

Item	Total		Urban residents		Factory workers		College students		Pregnant women		FSWs		MSM
Item	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%
1	2727	78.6	564	84.8	516	76.0	529	73.7	531	77.7	273	73.6	314	88.7
2	2263	65.2	477	71.7	431	63.5	400	55.7	425	62.2	219	59.0	311	87.9
3	2074	59.8	390	58.6	352	51.8	472	65.7	430	63.0	184	49.6	246	69.5
4	2636	76.0	544	81.8	471	69.4	509	70.9	559	81.8	251	67.7	302	85.3
5	1897	54.7	348	52.3	414	61.0	314	43.7	379	55.5	195	52.6	247	69.8
6	3157	91.0	609	91.6	624	91.9	618	86.1	644	94.3	326	87.9	336	94.9
7	2382	68.6	492	74.0	453	66.7	370	51.5	558	81.7	231	62.3	278	78.5
8	2464	71.0	498	74.9	417	61.4	519	72.3	520	76.1	244	65.8	266	75.1

Item 1: Syphilis is mainly transmitted through sexual contact (True)
Item 2: Syphilis is curable (True)
Item 3: A man looks healthy may have syphilis (True)
Item 4: Using condoms correctly in sexual contact can prevent syphilis transmission (True)
Item 5: Syphilis infection can increase the risk of HIV transmission or acquisition (True)
Item 6: Sex partners of syphilis patients need to attend a hospital for serological examination (True)
Item 7: Syphilis infected women can transmit the syphilis to their neonatal (True)
Item 8: Having dinner or shaking hands with syphilis patients can infect syphilis (False)

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