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The most common source of information on sexual and reproductive health was the internet (65.3%). The best-known family planning method was the condom (98.7%). The most commonly known sexually transmitted infection was human \u0131mmunodeficiency virus\/acquired \u0131mmunodeficiency syndrome, and the most frequently reported symptom was genital discharge.  CONCLUSION: University students\u2019 level of knowledge regarding sexual and reproductive health is insufficient, and this gap suggests that knowledge alone is insufficient to drive behavior change, and that sociocultural and cognitive barriers\u2014such as stigma, perceived norms, and risk misperception\u2014play a mediating role.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1590\/1806-9282.20260407","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,31]],"date-time":"2026-07-31T13:01:40Z","timestamp":1785502900000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Sexual health knowledge, sources of information, and associated attitudinal disconnects among university students"],"prefix":"10.1590","volume":"72","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-0893-7080","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abdulsamet","family":"Ba\u011fc\u0131","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Ministry of Health,  T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7478-5451","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bet\u00fcl Battalo\u011flu","family":"\u0130nan\u00e7","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mu\u011fla S\u0131tk\u0131 Ko\u00e7man University,  T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"530","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"ref1","first-page":"200","article-title":"Okullarda g\u00f6z ard\u0131 edilen bir konu: cinsel sa\u011fl\u0131k e\u011fitimi.","volume":"25","author":"Y\u00fccesan A","year":"2018","journal-title":"Med J SDU"},{"key":"ref2","series-title":"Karika bask\u0131 ve kopyalama sistemleri.","first-page":"41","volume-title":"T\u00fcrkiye\u2019de cinsel sa\u011fl\u0131k ve \u00fcreme sa\u011fl\u0131\u011f\u0131 durum analizi raporu.","author":"T\u00fcrmen T","year":"2021","edition":"1"},{"issue":"4","key":"ref3","first-page":"128","article-title":"Kapsaml\u0131 cinsellik e\u011fitimi nedir? 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