Sexual and reproductive health knowledge: a cross-sectional study with adolescents

The objective was to investigate and compare sexual and reproductive knowledge and sources of information, between public school adolescents from Goiânia-Goiás. A cross-sectional study conducted with 2,449 students. We analyzed data from the self-reported questionnaire using the Statistical Package...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Carvalho Oliveira, Laurena Moreira Pires, Ana Luiza Neto Junqueira, Maria Aparecida da Silva Vieira, Marcos André Matos, Karlla Antonieta Caetano Amorim, Ruth Minamisava, Sheila Araújo Teles, Marcia Maria Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Goias 2017-11-01
Series:Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem
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Online Access:https://revistas.ufg.br/fen/article/view/39926
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Summary:The objective was to investigate and compare sexual and reproductive knowledge and sources of information, between public school adolescents from Goiânia-Goiás. A cross-sectional study conducted with 2,449 students. We analyzed data from the self-reported questionnaire using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences, version 13.0. We investigated the differences between proportions using c2 tests and a significance level (p<0.05). We observed a statistical difference between sex considering the knowledge about Sexually Transmitted Infections and, STI and contraception prevention (p<0.000). Additionally, male adolescents presented higher exposure risk to sexual relations without preservative (p<0.000). About the acquisition of preventive methods for STIs and contraception, women were more knowledgeable about access to devices, as well as; they searched different sources and content information about sexual and reproductive health. We concluded that male adolescents presented higher social and individual vulnerability profiles.
ISSN:1518-1944