Virus of acquired immunodeficiency: the knowledge of infection by adolescents

• Autor(a) principal: Soares, Felipe Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Rocha, Paula Sousa da Silva, Peixoto, Osvaldo da Silva, Bandeira , Francisco Jadson da Silva, Pamplona , Mônica Custódia do Couto Abreu, Santos, Edenilza Fabiana de Almeida, Carvalho , Dayara de Nazaré Rosa de, Vasconcelos , Lidiane Assunção de, Vasconcelos , Maria Eduarda dos Santos Lopes, Nobre , Ana Laura Nobre e, Verçosa, Marucia Fernandes, Barros, Hyslla Maria de Oliveira, Gaspar, Sâmia Rebeca da Silva, Silva, Adrienne Sofia Pereira da, Silva, Larissa Pantoja, Rocha, Marcela Fernanda dos Santos, Freitas, Amélia Caroline Ribeiro de, Souza , Regina Coeli Nascimento de, Peixoto , Ivonete Vieira Pereira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/9888
• topic: Adolescente; Conhecimento; Infecções por HIV; Prevenção de doenças.; Adolescente; Conocimiento; Infecciones por VIH; Prevención de enfermedades.; Adolescent; Knowledge; HIV infections; Disease prevention.

Adolescence is a period between the age of 10 and 20 years, according to the World Health Organization. With the exercise of sexuality, the beginning of early sexual activity among adolescents has great implications, even becoming a public health problem. The aim of this study was to investigate through integrative literature review (RIL) the degree of knowledge of adolescents in relation to STIs/AIDS. For the analysis, we used articles published in electronic databases of the last 10 years, providing important information on the subject. The findings revealed that adolescents are aware of acquired immunodeficiency (HIV/AIDS) as well as their prevention measures, but it is still a group considered vulnerable to this and other sexually transmitted infections, and it is necessary to advance health promotion actions, since the infection rate is still high among the group. Thus, the development of public policies that promote health promotion and prevention actions are extremely relevant for the reduction of these indicators and for the improvement of the quality of life of this group.