Conocimiento sobre medidas preventivas de infecciones de transmisión sexual en adolescentes

Abstract

The present research was developed with the objective of "determining the knowledge on preventive measures for sexually transmitted infections in adolescents, taking as a reference the population of the Catorce de Julio-Juan Abel Echeverría Educational Unit" for which the quantitative approach of cross-sectional design was followed. The census sample consisted of a total of 200 adolescents from the Unidad Educativa Catorce de Julio-Juan Abel Echeverría, who responded to a survey to collect information on knowledge of STIs: 59% were female; 55% had already had sexual intercourse, of which 47% had sexual intercourse between the ages of 15 and 19; 82% indicated that in their first intercourse they could become pregnant; 57% used condoms as a safe method to prevent STDs; 75% used barrier methods; 18% considered that they could not become pregnant in their first intercourse and therefore did not protect themselves; 8% did not use contraceptive methods; 89% considered that the abstinence method was not to have sexual intercourse. It was established that 57% of adolescents in the EU have a high level of knowledge about preventive measures for sexually transmitted infections, although their knowledge is basic, they recognize some sexually transmitte d diseases.