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Conejos Jericó L et al. Conocimientos y actitudes sobre factores de riesgo de sexualidad en adolescentes. Metas de Enferm oct 2010; 13(8): 58-65

Authors

1Laura Conejos Jericó, 2Enrique Orea Castellano, 3Manuela Plumed Parrilla, 4Antonio Hernández Torres

Position

¹Técnica Sanitaria. Subdirección de Salud Pública de Teruel. ²Enfermero. Hospital Obispo Polanco de Teruel. ³Médica de Servicio Provincial de Salud y Consumo de Teruel. ⁴Médico especialista en Hidrología Médica. Director de programas en la Agencia de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias del Instituto de Salud "Carlos III". Presidente de la Comisión Científico-Técnica de la Fundación para la Investigación e Innovación en Hidrología Médica y Balneoterapia (Bibilis).

Contact address

Antonio Hernández Torres. C/ Tres de Abril, 1. 44002 Teruel.

Contact email: ahernandezt@aragon.es

Abstract

The general objective of this study was to ascertain adolescent behaviours in sexual relationships, in addition to their knowledge and attitudes in regards to the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Material and method: cross-sectional descriptive study by means of an anonymous survey administered to a sample composed of 350 adolescents from two public Secondary Education Institutes of the city of Teruel.
Results: 98,5% identified the male condom as a birth control method; 34,6% believed that, in addition to condoms, other methods such as the birth control pill (18,9%) and the morning-after pill (25,7%) were also useful. 59,5% of adolescents identified male and female condoms as the only methods to prevent STDs and 29,5% chose “other birth control methods”.
33,3% had already engaged in sexual relations with intercourse on occasion, the mean age of virginity loss being approximately 15
years, with no significant differences between men and women. Television, friends, teachers and parents are the most frequent sources of information. Significant differences were found between sexes in terms of the information received via radio, press and magazines.
Surveyed adolescents believe that teen pregnancy can entail certain risks, but only 21% are able to identify them.
Conclusions: the male condom is the most commonly used prevention method in the adolescent population. However, surveyed adolescents lack information on the utility of different birth control and STD prevention methods.

Keywords:

adolescence; contraception; prevention; sexualitySexually transmitted diseases

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Conocimientos y actitudes sobre factores de riesgo de sexualidad en adolescentes