Abstract

FERNANDEZ MORA, Juana et al. Sexually transmitted diseases: What did a group of teenagers from «José Martí» Urban Center know about this health problem?. MEDISAN [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.1, pp. 10-16. ISSN 1029-3019.

An educational intervention was performed in 36 teenagers from the health area of the "José Martí Pérez" University Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba from September 2008 to February 2009 in order to modify or to increase their knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases, for which 3 subgroups with 12 teenagers each were formed, using simple random sampling to specify which information about the topic they had before and after the instructive activity. The results of the action evaluated by means of the Mac Nemar test and with 0.05 significance were satisfactory after the classes given as a sign of the effectiveness of the intervention.

Keywords : teenager; sexually transmitted disease; educational programs; primary health care.

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