Banca de DEFESA: JESSICA KELLY RAMOS CORDEIRO

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STUDENT : JESSICA KELLY RAMOS CORDEIRO
DATE: 08/07/2020
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Departamento de Odontologia
TITLE:

KNOWLEDGE, BEHAVIOUR AND PRACTICES OF ADOLESCENTS CONCERNING HIV/AIDS AND OTHER STI: STUDY ON COUNTRYSIDE OF BRAZILIAN NORTHEAST.

KEY WORDS:

Adolescent; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Health education; Validation Study.

PAGES: 99
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Saúde Coletiva
SUBÁREA: Epidemiologia
SUMMARY:

In adolescence, basic patterns of behavior are established that reverberate throughout life and, among these, there is sexuality. In this moment of great biopsychosocial transformations, sexual initiation usually occurs, often without the prior guidance of an adult and surrounded by many doubts and curiosities. Thus, it is imperative to know the knowledge and practices of school adolescents about HIV / AIDS and other STIs, in order to subsidize public health policies that work with the sexual health of this population. Thus, the objective of this work is to evaluate the knowledge and practices of adolescents in relation to HIV / AIDS and other STIs in the Northeast of Brazil. For this, a transversal study of the type CAP survey (Knowledge, Attitude and Practice) was carried out, which included twelve public schools in seven cities in the North of Rio Grande do Sul, totaling 623 individuals. Two electronic questionnaires were used, one about socioeconomic / demographic data, and the other entitled “Questionnaire for the evaluation of STD / AIDS prevention programs”, used by the Ministry of Health. The reliability of the items was verified through the Alpha Cronbach, where the mean of each value ranged from 0.198 to 0.379. Factor analysis was also performed to analyze the structure of the correlations between the variables. The study found that the remaining 10 items presented the requirements required for the development of AFE, presenting the value of 0.639 for the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin statistic. Bartlett's sphericity test showed significance (Chi2: 762,479; GL: 45; p <0.001). The total accumulated variance was 0.763. The domains resulting from the factor analysis were: Lifestyle / habits, preventive attitudes, endogenous forms of transmission and exogenous forms of transmission. Regarding the level of general knowledge about HIV / AIDS, it was observed that female participants (6.16), with a partner (6.24), attending the 3rd year of high school (6.19), whites ( 6.20), not adepts (6.15) and not attending religious ceremonies (6.20), living alone (7.49), with unmarried parents (6.17) and children of parents with complete higher education ( 6.26 / 6.34) obtained higher average scores. Half of the adolescents said they had already had their first sexual intercourse, however, only 31.3% reported having used condoms in the last six months. Although they have a considerable level of knowledge about HIV / AIDS prevention, adolescents' sexual practices do not go against preventive measures, essentially regarding the use of condoms. Regarding the reliability of the questionnaire through the analyzes carried out, the quality of the instrument was ensured. Through the study, it was possible to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the students, with a view to subsidizing the creation of policies and programs of sexual orientation in schools with attention to the integral health of adolescents.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1149540 - ANGELO GIUSEPPE RONCALLI DA COSTA OLIVEIRA
Interno - 2379141 - RICHARDSON AUGUSTO ROSENDO DA SILVA
Externo à Instituição - MARQUIONY MARQUES DOS SANTOS