Open AccessCONHECIMENTO DOS ESCOLARES ADOLESCENTES SOBRE DOENÇAS SEXUALMENTE TRANSMISSÍVEIS/AIDS
Author(s) -
E Marqués,
Dione Alves Mendes,
Nicolly Helen Morais Tornis,
Carmen Luci Rodriques Lopes,
María Alves Barbosa
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
revista eletrônica de enfermagem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1518-1944
DOI - 10.5216/ree.v8i1.943
Subject(s) - psychology , descriptive research , theme (computing) , developmental psychology , family medicine , medicine , sociology , social science , computer science , operating system
. The purpose of this research was to verify the knowledge of the school adolescents, of a public school in Goiânia – Goiás, about STD/Aids. The research is characterized as descriptive and was made from 2003 January to October, with students of the related school 7th and 8th classes’ and 2nd and 3rd high school classes. The data had been collected by structuralized questionnaire. The research had evaluated 113 students and 46% of them were male and 54% were female. The age goes to 12 to 19 years old. 15% of the students told that they already had sexual relations. It was observed that, although 90,43% of the students have showed previous knowledge of the subject, when they were asked about how much they knew about DST/AIDS, many of them had answered incorrectly. The research suggests an effective implementation of educative programs about the theme in all the schools and school levels.\ud\udKEYWORDS: Public Health Nursing; Teen Health; Sexually Transmitted Diseases