Práticas de prevenção de jovens universitários em relação às Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis

• Autor(a) principal: Ramos, Raquel Conceição de Almeida
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/11450
• topic: Sexuality; Prevention; Young; Sexually transmitted diseases; Sexualidade; Prevenção; Jovem; Doenças sexualmente transmissíveis; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEM

This research has as its general objective to discuss the practices adopted by the young people for preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI). And as specific objectives: to identify the sexual practices adopted by the young university students in their relationships; to describe the practices adopted by the young people for preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections; and to analyze the sexual practices of the young university students and the practices adopted for preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections. This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, developed in a private university in the city of Rio de Janeiro with 768 young university students aged between 18 and 29 years. Concerning the data collection instrument, we used a questionnaire structured with 60 questions. Data were analyzed with the use of descriptive statistics, through absolute and relative frequencies, and bivariate analysis; and inferential, with the help of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. Pearson s chi-square tests and variance analysis (ANOVA) were applied for associating the variables. The main results point out that most of the surveyed young people had already started sexual life and did not use condoms in all sexual intercourses. More than half of the university students said they had sexual intercourses with a steady partner without the use of condoms; and, among those who had intercourses with casual partners, most used condoms. Few students said they negotiate condom use. Upon analyzing the opinion of the university students regarding the risk for STI, one can note that they believe it is hardly possible or even impossible, but most of them are at risk for STI. With regard to the health practices, most women do not use the female condom, but they have already undergone the screening exam for cervical cancer and have undergone a gynecological exam in the last year. Among men, most never underwent the postectomy surgery, or never had sexual intercourses with a woman using the female condom. The findings highlight that young people have little knowledge about some methods for preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections, mainly about the male condom; however, most of the surveyed have risk behaviors and do not adopt prevention practices with respect to Sexually Transmitted Infections. We conclude that the sexual practices are not only biological instincts, but they are associated with the sociocultural context that permeates the life of the individual. In such a scenario, it is important for the nurse to promote health education actions, paying attention to the cultural and individual aspects of the group that enable a reflection on the part of the young people about their sexual practices, as well as prevention aspects with respect to Sexually Transmitted Infections.