Designing effective interventions for youth to address STI/HIV risk factors requires local context knowledge. This study gathers information about STI/HIV knowledge among Georgian youth, identifies STI/HIV risk behaviors and quantifies associations between socio-demographic factors and risk practices with HIV/STIs knowledge. Cross-sectional survey was conducted among 411 students using self-administered questionnaire. Bivariate analysis was conducted and prevalence ratios with 95% confidence intervals were computed. Study participants were more knowledgeable about HIV/AIDS than other STIs, though still lacked information about HIV/AIDS transmission routes. Only 10.1% had ever received HIV testing. Men were less likely to have current permanent sex partner (44.5% vs 79.2%; PR=0.2; 95% CI:0.1-0.5) and more likely to have occasional sex partner past 12 months than women (51% vs 19%; PR=4.3; 95% CI:1.8-10.2). Study describes relatively low awareness of STIs in Georgian youth and revealed possibilities to influence STI transmission through designing gender-tailored public health interventions.
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