2008, Number 4
Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre sexualidad de los adolescentes en una unidad educativa.
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ABSTRACT
Knowledge, attitudes and practices about sexuality were determined in adolescents of the Educative Unit “Monseñor Gregorio Adam”, in Naguanagua at Carabobo Venezuela. The study was correlative and transversal; the sample was 268 students from fifth and sixth degrees of high school. Data were recollected with a questionnaire of 37 questions, the answer options were dichotomic and in likert scale. 62.69% of adolescents showed a regular knowledge level about ITS, students of lower academic degree reported more desirable attitudes; men showed more favorable attitudes about the use of contraceptive methods (28.36%) and masturbation (17.91%) but more unfavorable attitude on homosexuality (46.64%). 10.8% of women and 24.6% of men reported to have sexual relations that 70.5% began in middle adolescence; 78.95% pointed out to use contraceptive methods, 55.79% were men and 23.16% women. Condom is the contraceptive method more used (74.67%) From 95 adolescents who have sexual relations, 49.48% answered to have had two or more partners in the last year. It is proved that the studied adolescent population has no information about sexuality, different attitudes and sexual relations according to academic degree and sex; men reported more favorable attitudes and more sexual relations.REFERENCES
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