Abstract

BRITO MENDEZ, Eligio Cándido; GUERRA ROSALES, Julia María  and  RODRIGUEZ BAEZ, Raudel. Conducta de riesgo en infecciones de transmisión sexual y embarazo. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2003, vol.19, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3038.

This cross-sectional descriptive research work studied 239 adolescents from "Batalla de Guisa" polytechnical school in Río Cauto during the first semester of 2001. They were administered an anonymous survey and the data collected were processed by simple counting and represented in statistical tables. The results were the following: most of the adolescents had their first sexual intercourse at the age of 11 to 16 years, more than half of them at the age of 15 years on. 41 % had had sexual relations with 2 or more sexual partners at the same time. 79,17 % of males did not use condom or did it occasionally whereas females did not demand the use of condom. Only 61,34 % used any contraceptive method, therefore sexual relations in 55,14 % of adolescents may be a risk factor for pregnancy and in 46,84 % may be a risk factor for sexually transmitted diseases. The main sources of information told by the adolescents are mass media and family physicians.

Keywords : SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES [prevention & control]; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK FACTORS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX EDUCATION.