Abstract

BENITEZ MARTINEZ, Maritza et al. Attitudes towards HIV/AIDS in students from the "Simón Rodríguez" school, Bolivar State, Venezuela. Rev Cubana Hig Epidemiol [online]. 2010, vol.48, n.3, pp. 242-252. ISSN 1561-3003.

In Venezuela, the annual rate of HIV/AIDS infection is of two by each million of inhabitants in adolescents. The states with the higher rate to national average are the following: Federal District, Bolivar and Merida, the incidence is earlier in males aged 15-19 and 20-24 is of 3,03% and 12,24%, respectively. In July, 2007 a descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted to identify the attitudes towards HIV/AIDS in students of the "Simón Rodríguez"Industrial Technique School. Researchers performed the data collection by a questionnaire applied to that end. The results showed that the 84% started the sexual intercourses before the 15 years old, the 64,1% maintained instability with its partner and not much use of condom as a protection mean in sexual intercourses. It is possible to conclude that the attitudes with more attention are the instability of sexual partner and the not much use of condom being necessary to create educational programs approaching these subject matters in the educational institution.

Keywords : Adolescents; attitudes; human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

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