The dissociation between condom use knowledge and actual behavior among college students in Guangzhou, China: a cross-sectional study

Yuan Tang
BackgroundIn the context of the progress made in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment initiatives, the awareness of HIV/AIDS among Chinese adolescents has been on a steady upward trend. Nevertheless, the number of new HIV infections among college students keeps rising. In recent years, over 95% of newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases reported in China have been transmitted via sexual contact. In 2024, 100% of newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases in Guangzhou, China, have been sexually transmitted. One of the c