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Adolescent Students’ Knowledge of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Eastern Region Schools for the Deaf, Ghana
Universal Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
| Vol 3, Issue 1
Table 2. Knowledge on the types of STIs
| Statement | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Mean | SD |
| There are different types of STIs | 85(89.05%) | 4(4.1%) | 6(6.4%) | 4.25 | 0.92 |
| Gonorrhea is a type of STIs | 84(88.5%) | 6(6.2%) | 5(5.3%) | 4.28 | 0.88 |
| Genital warts is a type of STIs | 24(25.5%) | 34(36.1%) | 36(38.3%) | 2.68 | 1.28 |
| Syphilis is a type of STIs | 80(84.2%) | 6(6.3%) | 9(9.5%) | 4.21 | 1.28 |
| Trichomoniasis is a type of STIs | 4(4.2%) | 26(27.7%) | 65(68.5%) | 1.94 | 0.97 |
| Cancroid is a type of STI‟s | 31(32.6%) | 32(33.7%) | 32(33.7%) | 3.00 | 1.40 |
| Chlamydia is a type of STIs | 29(30.9%) | 11(11.6%) | 54(57.5%) | 2.56 | 1.40 |
| Hepatitis B is a type of STIs | 6(6.5%) | 23(24.6%) | 64(68.9%) | 1.92 | 1.11 |
| HIV/AIDS is a type of STIs | 82(89.1%) | 6(6.5%) | 4(4.4%) | 4.08 | 0.82 |
| Genital Herpes is a type of STIs | 37(38.9) | 17(17.9%) | 41(43.2%) | 2.99 | 1.39 |
| Grand mean | 3.19 | 1.12 |
Source: Field Survey 2022