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Objective:To identify the knowledge of Sexual Transmitted Diseases (STD) in adolescents before and after an educational intervention.Study Design:Quasi-experimental, longitudinal study Place and Duration of Study:This study was conducted in the Family Medicine Unite Number 6 of the Mexican Institute of Social Security, Puebla, Mexico during January to April in 2017.Methodology:151 patients were included in whom theknowledge level in sexual transmitted diseases were correlated. A study was used to measure the knowledge in the anatomy and sexual physiology, STDs prevention and ant conceptive. Central tendency and dispersion measures were employed for numeric variables and frequency (proportions) measures for categorical measures. Results:A total of 151 adolescents with (58.9%) are female 17 years of age, 97.4% without partner and 74% without sex life. The knowledge after an educational intervention increased 10.6% in comparison to before the intervention. The statistical treatment was based on the Wilcoxon, resulting in a p=0.000. Conclusion:The knowledge of STDs in adolescents increased after an educational intervention
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Aims: To determine the relationship between the diabetic foot stages and the self-awareness about self-care of the feet in patients attending first level medical facility.Study Design:This is a descriptive, cross sectional study.Place and Duration of Study:This study was conducted in Unit Number 57 ofthe Family Medicine in the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Puebla, Mexico between January and June of 2017.Methodology:We included 360 patients whom we surveyed to correlate between the level of knowledge about self-care of the feet in diabetic patients and its stages. We used a questionnaire in which the variables included gender, age, level of education, occupation, marital status, number of years since they were diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 2, stage of the diabetic foot and level of knowledge related to this entity. Descriptive statistics and X2were used.Original Research Article Results:We included 360 patients who met the inclusioncriteria. Their average age was 55.75years, the average number of years with the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus was 6.07.There was a significant statistic association between the level of knowledge and the stage of the diabetic foot P = .049 a value of P= .05 was considered statistically significant. Conclusion:There is an association between the stage of the diabetic foot and the knowledge about the self-care of the feet among patients.