Relationships between family functioning and HIV/AIDS-related preventive behaviors among young students with sexual experience
Family functioning was mediated by self-monitoring and indirectly affected HIV/AIDS-related preventive behaviors. It is essential to promote family functioning education in public health programs and to develop family intervention tools. Practical activities pertaining to the prevention of HIV/AIDS should be added to the self-management content of sex education courses for young students.
Authors
- Jinhua Jie
- Yang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5840-0897)
- Hailin Zhuang
- Xinmei Yang
- Xiaojing Xu
Institutions
- Public Health Department (IN)
- Third People's Hospital of Chengdu (CN)
- Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2026-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1741081
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00