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Knowledge about STD/AIDS and sexual behavior of risk in adolescents at Lambayeque, Peru.

Soto V; International Conference on AIDS.

Int Conf AIDS. 1998; 12: 209 (abstract no. 14134).

OBJECTIVES: To determine the level knowledge about STD/AIDS and sexual behavior of risk in adolescents at Lambayeque. DESIGN: Descriptive, transversal, prospective. METHODS: Using stratified sample, we employed district planes in urban and rural places, then with systematic sample obtaining household probability and adolescents to living in representative house, completed an anonymous survey at their home with permission of parents. RESULTS: 1,803 adolescents into 12-19 years old (894 male, 909 female) at 16 conglomerates, answered the questionnaire. (1) Knowledge about AIDS it's very deficient, only 10% approved, level in males is better to females; exist association with School, Sex, Old. (2)Exist great difference in sexual behavior by sex:coital prevalence was 36.5% in man and only 12.5% in women; Cayalti y Tuman two agrarian cooperatives were more coital behavior in both sexes (62-50% male, and 31-32% females). Third part with experience practice risk coitus ; 72% women, 51% man have never used condom because "don't like". The knowledge level about STD/AIDS it's very deficient and the experience coital it's more in man that women, one third of them to practice sexual coitus ++ of risk and they never used condom because don't like employ it.

Publication Types:
  • Meeting Abstracts
Keywords:
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • Adolescent
  • Adolescent Behavior
  • Coitus
  • Condoms
  • Data Collection
  • Female
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Humans
  • Knowledge
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Peru
  • Prevalence
  • Questionnaires
  • Sexual Behavior
Other ID:
  • 98391877
UI: 102228004

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