Adolescents in situations of poverty: resilience and vulnerabilities to sexually transmitted infections

• Autor(a) principal: Costa,Maria Isabelly Fernandes da
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Rodrigues,Raelson Ribeiro, Teixeira,Rayssa Matos, Paula,Paulo Henrique Alexandre de, Luna,Izaildo Tavares, Pinheiro,Patrícia Neyva da Costa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020001600174
• topic: Adolescent; Poverty; Sexuality; Vulnerable Populations; Nursing Services

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between vulnerabilities to Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs/HIV/AIDS) of adolescents in poverty and their level of resilience. Method: Cross-sectional study with 287 students between 11 and 17 years old in a school in the outskirts of Fortaleza-Ce. The study was conducted from August to October 2016. Three instruments related to characterization, vulnerability to STIs/HIV/AIDS and resilience were used. The association between the instruments was calculated using the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Association between vulnerability to STIs/HIV/AIDS and resilience was assessed through the Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05. Results: There was a significant association between the factors “housing” (p=0.022), “family income” (p=0.037) and vulnerability to STIs/HIV/AIDS. Adolescents whose father has completed high school (p=0.043) have moderately high resilience. Conclusion: Adolescents with low socioeconomic status and who live on less than a minimum wage tends to be more susceptible to vulnerabilities to STIs/HIV/AIDS and to have low resilience.