VALORACIÓN DE CONOCIMIENTO SOBRE LAS INFECCIONES DE TRANSMISIÓN SEXUAL EN ADOLESCENTES. CENTRO DE SALUD CHONE

Abstract

Sexually transmitted infections are a national and global public health problem, especially in adolescence due to situations that put their health at risk. In order to assess the knowledge about sexually transmitted infections in adolescents at the Chone Health Center, the present work of curricular integration was carried out, which constituted a descriptive, cross-sectional investigation. The universe was made up of 8334 adolescents who attend the Chone Health Center. The sample consisted of the total number of adolescents who answered the survey, reaching 134, representing 40% of the representative sample. The instrument used was a survey created by the author Rojas Teses Anthony, from the research "Level of knowledge in Transmitted Infections sexual intercourse in fourth and fifth year high school students from three educational institutions in a district with a high incidence of STI-Chiclayo 2018 ”. The results were obtained in terms of sociodemographic characteristics, the ages of 17-19 years have a High 10 level of knowledge (24.6%), the completed elementary school and high school both fluctuated the same level of High knowledge (15.6%), and the age of initiation of sexual relations reached a high level of knowledge in the ages of 18-19 years (24.6%). The level of knowledge about sexually transmitted infections in adolescents aged 10-19 years was high (51.4%). The main sources for obtaining information were provided by health personnel with 50%.