Diseño de estrategia educativa para la prevención de infecciones de transmisión sexual en adolescentes del consultorio Nº 2. Centro de Salud Santiago de Guayaquil. Año 2018.

Abstract

Background: Sexually transmitted infections are a public health problem. WHO reports that every day, more than one million people acquire an STI. Materials and Methods: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study in the office 2 of the health center Santiago de Guayaquil, whose objective was to determine the level of knowledge about STIs and design an educational intervention strategy. It included 104 adolescents 10 - 19 years old. Main variables: knowledge, sexual practices. The information was obtained through a survey. The results were taken to tables to perform an analysis. Descriptive statistics were applied (absolute numbers and percent). Results: Male adolescents predominated (55.8%) between 15 to 19 years old (63.5%), singles (97.1%), secondary schooling and Catholic religion (73.1%). 51.9% have no knowledge of the main STIs, symptoms (77.9%), transmission routes (60.6), risk factors (74%). 82.7% have knowledge of how to prevent them. 33.7% have an active sexual life. Of these, 48.6% never use a condom. Conclusions: There was a shortage of knowledge related to STIs, a large percentage of adolescents reported knowledge about their prevention, however this is not reflected in their sexual practices, as they have risky sexual behaviors that endanger their health. All these elements in terms of knowledge, attitudes and practices, allowed designing the educational intervention strategy.