Sexually transmitted infections: knowledge and access to information by public school adolescets”,
International Journal of Development Research
Sexually transmitted infections: knowledge and access to information by public school adolescets”,
Received 18th August, 2018; Received in revised form 21st September, 2018; Accepted 23rd October, 2018; Published online 30th November, 2018.
Copyright © 2018, Christiane dos Santos de Carvalho et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Sexuality in adolescence raises social concerns because of their exposure to the risks of sexually transmitted infections. The present work sought to identify the level of knowledge and access to information of public school adolescents about safe sexual practice. It is an observational study of the transversal type of quantitative approach, carried out through the application of a semi-structured survey. The results showed that adolescents have limited knowledge about sexually transmitted infections and their means of protection, which makes them exposed to risks of transmission and stigma of sexuality. Thus, it is observed that strategies currently designed to meet the needs of adolescents’ present flaws, which expose adolescents to the risks of early pregnancy and infections.
