Knowledge of adolescent students about HIV/AIDS

• Autor(a) principal: Angelim, Rebeca Coelho de Moura
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Abrão, Fátima Maria da Silva, Cabral, Luciana da Rocha, Queiroz, Síngara Borba de Araújo, Freitas, Rafaela Marrise do Monte, Cardoso, Mirian Domingos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/14869
• topic: Adolescent; Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HIV; Knowledge; Adolescente; Síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida; VIH; Conocimiento; Adolescente; Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida; HIV; Conhecimento

Aim: to verify the knowledge of adolescent students about HIV/AIDS. Method: exploratory descriptive study with quantitative approach, conducted with 298 students from two public schools of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Results: the study points out that most teenagers already initiated sex life (53.4%); regarding preventive methods, 44.1% reported having used them, condoms being the most frequent. Most students (92%) reported knowing the HIV/AIDS transmission routes. Television was the main source of information about HIV/AIDS. Conclusion: despite having knowledge about HIV/AIDS transmission, that doesn’t mean that the adolescents perform safe sexual practices, thus, there is a need to implement policies of health promotion and protection in the school environment