STD/HIV risk perception and behaviour in adolescent women inscribed to obtain military identification card at Lima and Callao 2001
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Sexually transmitted diseases, HIV infections, adolescence, sex behavior, acquired inmunodeficiency syndromeAbstract
Objective: To obtain information about sexual transmitted diseases (STD) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) behavioral risk factors and perceptions in adolescent women, ages between 16 and 17 years, who subscribed to obtain their military identification card. Design: Randomized anonymous, transversal study done in Lima and Callao during 2001. Material and methods: Auto applied questionnaire that used a structural equation model to conduce a path analysis. Results: Seven hundred and fifty-five adolescent women participated in this study, mean age 16,4±0,49 years, mean age at first sexual intercourse 15,4 years. There were risk behaviors related to STD/HIV/AIDS in the adolescents with reported active sexual life: 35,1% had an occasional sex partner, the proportion of global condom use was low (23,4%) while 16% reported two or more sexual partners in the past year, one third (33%) reported having STD signs and most of them (88,3%) perceived low risk of acquiring STD/HIV/AIDS with their actual sexual life. The use of condom as an AIDS method of prevention was not recognized by 26% of respondents. Conclusions: The findings of low risk perception of STD-HIV and high reference of STD signs point the need to target this population for prevention strategies of STD/HIV/AIDS risk behaviors. The path analysis results highlights the importance of considering both rational (level of information, sexual partners number) and non-rational factors (emotions and perceptions) in developing STD-HIV risk reduction behavior strategies.Downloads
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Copyright (c) 2002 DORA BLITCHTEIN-WINICKI, LUIS PAREDES, JORGE CALERO, MARLENE MAGALLANES, ELOISA NÚÑEZ, SILVIA PESSAH, MIGUEL ESCURRA, KENEDY ALVA, ENRIQUE SWEING, MARIBEL GONZÁLES
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Blitchtein Winicki D, Paredes L, Calero J, Magallanes M, Núñez E, Pessah S, et al. STD/HIV risk perception and behaviour in adolescent women inscribed to obtain military identification card at Lima and Callao 2001. An Fac med [Internet]. 2002 Dec. 30 [cited 2024 Aug. 16];63(4):257-68. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/1506