Knowledge of adolescent students about HIV/AIDS
Aim: to verify the knowledge of adolescent students about HIV/AIDS. Method: exploratory descriptive study with quantitative approach, conducted with 298 students from two public schools of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Results: the study...
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Universidade Federal de Santa Maria,
2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Aim: to verify the knowledge of adolescent students about HIV/AIDS. Method: exploratory descriptive study with quantitative approach, conducted with 298 students from two public schools of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Results: the study points out that most teenagers already initiated sex life (53.4%); regarding preventive methods, 44.1% reported having used them, condoms being the most frequent. Most students (92%) reported knowing the HIV/AIDS transmission routes. Television was the main source of information about HIV/AIDS. Conclusion: despite having knowledge about HIV/AIDS transmission, that doesn't mean that the adolescents perform safe sexual practices, thus, there is a need to implement policies of health promotion and protection in the school environment |
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