Educação sexual em ambiente escolar: conhecimento sobre infecções sexualmente transmissíveis e uso de preservativo

Abstract

Objective: to characterize the knowledge of adolescents on STI, the use of condoms and the knowledge acquired about this theme in sexual education workshops, in a public school. Method: transversal study, with a quantitative approach. The researchers were 43 adolescents with mean age of 14.86 of both sex. The data collection was carried through of questionnaire distributed to adolescents in the classroom, after conducting workshops on sexual education. The results were organized in tables and analyzed based bibliographies, all after approved favorable from the Research Ethics Committee nº17829918.6.0000.5346. Results: It was found that 91% of the participants already knew about STI before the workshops. The HIV and syphilis were the most known STI in the sample. 93% of the sample reported that condoms are the best method of prevention STI, in contrast, a significant percentage of participants reported not using them (47%). The workshop about STI brought knowledge the other forms of STI contagion for 46% of adolescents, it has however shown doubt understanding whether or not having an STI increases the chances of catching other STI and HIV / AIDS. Conclusion: The adolescents have previous knowledge about STI and that HIV and syphilis are the infections most known to them. Adolescents demonstrated knowledge about the importance of condom use in preventing STI, however, a significant percentage of participants do not use it. The workshop about STI proved to bring clarity to adolescents about the different forms of STI contagion, one workshop shown to be fall short for less frequent questions in the daily lives of interviewed.