Perception Of Public School Adolescents About Sexually Transmitted Infections
International Journal of Development Research
Perception Of Public School Adolescents About Sexually Transmitted Infections
Received 27th December, 2018; Received in revised form 16th January, 2019; Accepted 10th February, 2019; Published online 31st March, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Iolanda Gonçalves de Alencar Figueiredo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The objective of this study was to know the adolescents' perception about STIs. Methods: a qualitative descriptive-exploratory study with 23 adolescents of both sexes, aged 14 to 18 years, students of the 1st year of high school. Applied questionnaire exploring socioeconomic profile, knowledge of adolescents and sexual behavior. Results: there was a predominance of females in the 14 to 18 age group, mostly unmarried, without paid occupation and Catholic religion. As for knowledge, most adolescents do not use condoms and on the types of STIs, there was predominance of AIDS, followed by gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis, herpes and HPV. As sources of information highlighted the internet and TV. Conclusion: adolescents possess insipid knowledge, making it difficult to adopt safety measures for themselves and their partners, which justifies, on this occasion, inadequate positions regarding their sexual experiences, requiring, therefore, more effective and effective interventions of prevention services, promotion and protection of health.
