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© 1976 Oxford University Press

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Social and Behavioural Aspects of Venereal Disease Among Resident Male University Students

D. SUBASH BABU1,, S. M. MARWAH2 and G. SINGH3

1Lecturer, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences Ring Road, New Delhi-110 016, India.
2Professor and Head of the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, India.
3Reader, Head of the Dermatology and Venereology Section, Institute of Medical Science, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, India.

Reprint requests should be addressed to Dr. D. Subash Babu.

Subash Babu, D. (Dept. Preventive and Social Medicine, University College of Medical Science, Ring Road, New Delhi-110 016, India), Marwah, S. M. and Singh, G. Social and behavioural aspects of venereal disease among resident male university students. International Journal of Epidemiology 1976. 5: 121–124. A study of 1500 male students at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India was conducted to establish the prevalence and related social and behavioural aspects of venereal diseases. The prevalence was found to be 3·93 per cent.

The majority of the students (86·4 percent) belonged to the Hindu religion which is based on the caste system. Students from the Vaishya caste were more affected with venereal deseases. The social acceptability of having more than one wife had a definite impact on the incidence of venereal diseases. Students who practised masturbation and homosexuality were also more affected with venereal diseases. Prostitutes were the main source of infection. It was found that 28·8 per cent of these students had been infected on a previous occasion.

Received 7 November 1975


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