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Introducción:Las infecciones de transmisión sexual constituyen un grupo heterogéneo de enfermedades de extrema importancia para la salud pública mundial dada su magnitud, trascendencia y repercusión para el paciente, la familia y la sociedad. Afectan con mayor frecuencia a los adolescentes. Objetivo: Identificar conductas de riesgo asociadas a las ITS en la adolescencia. Material y métodos: Se realizó un estudio analítico de casos de estudio y control para evaluar conductas de riesgos asociadas a las ITS en adolescentes del policlínico California. Se aplicó un cuestionario semiestructurado y anónimo, para la recogida de información, los resultados fueron representados en tablas, calculándose pruebas de significación estadísticas. Resultados: El mayor número estudiado fue entre 18 y 19 años (47.0 por ciento); 50.5 por ciento presentaban cambios frecuentes de parejas; 48 por ciento mantenían relaciones sexuales desprotegidas; la percepción de riesgos de adquirir una ITS, tanto en el grupo de estudio y control fue de 23,2 por ciento y 40,3 por ciento respectivamente. Conclusiones: Las relaciones sexuales no protegidas y los cambios frecuentes de parejas constituyeron conductas sexuales de riesgos relacionadas con las Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual(AU)
Introduction: Sexually transmitted infections constitute a heterogeneous group of diseases of extreme importance for the world public health due to their magnitude, consequence, and repercussion for the patient, the family, and the society. Adolescents are more highly affected by them. Objective: To identify risky behaviors associated to STI in the adolescence. Material and Methods: An analytical case-control study was conducted to evaluate risky behaviors associated to STI in adolescents in California Polyclinic. A semi-structured and anonymous questionnaire was used to attain information, and the results were represented in charts in which significant statistics were calculated. Results: The greatest number studied was the one of 18 and 19 years of age (47.0 percent); 50.5 percent presented frequent changes in their couples; 48 percent maintained unprotected sexual relations; the risk perception of acquiring a STI both in the study and the control group was 23,2 percent and 40,3 percent, respectively. Conclusions: Unprotected sexual relations and frequent changes in couples were the risky sexual behaviors related to Sexually Transmitted Infections.
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Humans , Adolescent , Sexually Transmitted Diseases/complications , Unsafe Sex/prevention & control , Health Risk Behaviors/ethics , Case Reports , Case-Control StudiesABSTRACT
ABSTRACT On the basis of an ethnographic narrative on sexual interactions observed in urban parks in large Brazilian cities, the article discusses the adoption of new strategies and methods for AIDS prevention in vulnerable populations, especially in men who have sex with men (MSM). By following some guiding questions, the text debates when, why, with whom, and in which context the new prevention methods should be adopted. It emphasizes, in agreement to the initial narrative, the importance of taking into account the prevention strategies created by the population itself to manage HIV risk infection. It also addresses how prevention practices and messages are adapted and recreated by individuals and groups in an attempt to suit them to their sexual desires, practices, and choices. In this perspective, the article recommends the inclusion of the experiences and voices of individuals and groups considered vulnerable in the new AIDS prevention methods and programs targeted to them.
RESUMO A partir de um relato etnográfico sobre transas sexuais em parques de grandes cidades brasileiras, o artigo buscou discutir a aplicação de novas estratégias e métodos de prevenção de vírus da imunodeficiência humana/síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida (HIV/AIDS) em populações vulneráveis, em especial na população de homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH). O texto aborda quando, o porquê, para quem e em quais momentos adotar novos métodos de prevenção. Argumenta e enfatiza, conforme o relato inicial indica, a importância de se levar em conta as formas criadas e adaptadas pela própria população para manejar os riscos de infecção pelo HIV. Aborda ainda como as práticas e mensagens de prevenção são adaptadas e moldadas por indivíduos e comunidades, como forma de adequá-las aos seus desejos, escolhas e práticas sexuais. Nesse sentido, o artigo recomenda a inclusão da voz e das experiências das próprias pessoas consideradas vulneráveis nos programas que promovem a adoção de novos métodos de prevenção.