Abstract

GARCIA LAHERA, Clara; ALVAREZ YABOR, Vicente  and  LOZANO LAVERNIA, Mayra. ¿Qué saben nuestros estudiantes acerca de las enfermedades de transmisión sexual?. Rev Cubana Hig Epidemiol [online]. 2001, vol.39, n.1, pp. 47-51. ISSN 1561-3003.

A descriptive study was conducted among middle and higher educational level students from the municipality of Las Tunas that were surveyed to determine the following variables: age, sex, age at which they have the first sexual relation, their level of knowledge, involvement and protection in relation to sexually transmitted diseases. The results obtained coincided with the reviewed literature and it was observed an involvement of students under 15 of 28 %, an effective protection of 52 % and a predominance of females.

Keywords : ENFERMEDADES SEXUALMENTE TRANSMISIBLES [epidemiología]; ESTUDIANTES; EDUCACIÓN SEXUAL; PROMOCIÓN DE LA SALUD;; RECOLECCIÓN DE DATOS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES [epidemiology]; STUDENTS; SEXUAL EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; DATA COLLECTION.

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