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- Title
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCES AND BELIEFS IN THE SEXUAL FIELD: A STUDY OF 1<sup>ST</sup> AND 2<sup>ND</sup> YEAR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.
- Authors
de Souza, Vânia; Marçal Pimenta, Adriano; Conceição Caetano, Laíse; Rodrigues Cardoso, Joice Silva; Beinner, Mark Anthony; de Castro Mendes Villela, Lenice
- Abstract
The objective of this study was to analyze knowledge, experiences and beliefs in the sexual reproductive field of prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) in students enrolled in the 1st and 2nd years of high school from different socioeconomic backgrounds. This was a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional investigation of a convenience sample of 258 students in Belo Horizonte - MG, in schools classified as A, B2 and C1, according to economic status criterion. Results showed that socioeconomic position was relevant to differences between students enrolled at the three schools as to initiation of sexual intercourse and knowledge. This difference was not significant as to parent-adolescent sexual orientation. Students enrolled at school A demonstrated greater mastery of contents, although some unknowns that are essential to a practice less vulnerable have also proved to be independent of parental socioeconomic and educational level. The limitations of knowledge associated to beliefs and life experiences of sexuality contributed to a greater vulnerability of STI, teenage pregnancy and the consequences related to gender and sexual violence. The results indicate the urgency for seeking investigative and interventional alternatives that give breadth to sexuality discussions with teenagers including approaches such as gender, generation, violence in intimate relationships, sexual and reproductive rights and access to health care so that teenagers see themselves as protagonists in their way of being and self-expression of sexuality.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; PREVENTION of sexually transmitted diseases; ANALYSIS of variance; CHI-squared test; COCHLEAR implants; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; HEALTH attitudes; HIGH school students; SEXUAL health; RESEARCH methodology; MULTIVARIATE analysis; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; HUMAN sexuality; SEX education; STUDENT attitudes; LOGISTIC regression analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; CROSS-sectional method; HEALTH literacy; ATTITUDES toward sex; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Revista Mineira de Enfermagem, 2017, p1
- ISSN
1415-2762
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5935/1415-2762.20170001