Educational intervention program for university students: Accession Predictors

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Aliete Cristina Gomes Dias Pedrosa da Cunha
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Cardoso, Ilda Massano, Daniel, Fernanda, Cardoso, Salvador Massano, Pita, João Rui
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://web.esenfc.pt/?url=zreaWi6I
• topic: predictors of adherence; Programmes; HIV; students; Odds Ratio

Introduction: Literature states that longitudinal studies where participation is not mandatory and participants have no immediate benefits are usually subject to compliance failures. Methods: We looked at the predictors of adherence to an intervention program in reducing the risk of HIV infection. Inclusion criteria included being a 1st-year-student of the University of Coimbra and 18 to 24 years old. A questionnaire with indicators of UNAIDS was employed. The quantitative study included two stages: in the first one 551 young agreed to complete the questionnaire and participate; in the second stage the survey respondents and those who joined the programme were signalled. Respondents were 18 years old on average, 76.2% female, 63% were Health Sciences students and 69.2% sexually active. Results: The model features 10 independent variables (age, sex, perception of risk, scientific area, time of first sexual intercourse, number of sexual partners over a lifetime and in the last 12 months, knowledge of transmission and prevention). Four independent variables had a statistically significant contribution (perception of risk, scientific area, early sex life and number of sexual partners in the last 12 months). The best adherence predictor was the age of sexual initiation, with odds of 3.63 (OR = 3.63; 95%CI 1.27-8.91), indicatingthat students who began their sexual life are 3 times more likely to join a program. The odds ratios of 1.98 (OR = 1.98 ; 95%CI 1.27-2.87). Conclusions: It seems to indicate that the information campaigns, awareness and prevention do not offer an effective model of awareness of the problem and risk perception to students that do not follow courses in health.