Pagani L, Re MI; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12; 10: 260 (abstract no. PC0407).
Fundacion para Estudio e Investigacion de la Mujer FEIM, Argentina.
OBJECTIVES: Inform teen-agers schollars about sexuality, STDs and HIV/AIDS prevention. Investigate attitudes and facts as sexual options, discrimination and how they know that. Elaborate strategies for sexual education in adolescents. METHODOLOGY: Workshops with adolescents attending media schools in different cities of Argentina, country in which we have no sexual education in schools. We study 703 adolescents (13-19 years old) in two days workshop, information was transfer answering their own questions make anonymously. For attitudes research we use role plays and plays as blind and it's guide and others. Coordinators are young professional integrate in an interdisciplinary group: doctor, sociologist and psychologist. We did a pre and post inquire. RESULTS: Present sexual knowledge, behaviors and social attitudes related to ages, sex, socioeconomic status, geographical residence and others. Specially we investigate wrong knowledge and ignorance as causes of risks attitudes and habits. Condoms use and its acceptability were studied and associated to other variables. Discrimination was also evaluate. Proposal of strategies to promote safer sex among adolescents in developing countries.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Adolescent
- Adolescent Behavior
- Argentina
- Condoms
- Developing Countries
- Educational Status
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- Health Education
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Health Personnel
- Humans
- Knowledge
- Safe Sex
- Schools
- Sex Education
- Sexual Behavior
- Sexuality
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Students
- Teaching
- education
Other ID:
UI: 102210531
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