Abstract

REAL-COTTO, Jhony Joe et al. Knowledge about HIV/AIDS in dentistry students at the University of Guayaquil. EDUMECENTRO [online]. 2017, vol.9, n.4, pp.6-18. ISSN 2077-2874.

Background: knowledge about the human immunodeficiency virus is an essential content to be dominated by adolescents and young people because they constitute vulnerable groups for these infections. Objective: to determine the level of knowledge about HIV/AIDS in university students of the Pilot Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Guayaquil. Methods: a descriptive research was carried out during 2016. Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis and deduction-induction; and empirical ones: the survey in the form of a questionnaire to students to know their filiation data, social, educational and cultural characteristics, family composition, occupation, sexual behavior and basic knowledge on aspects related to HIV/AIDS. Results: the age range of the students who intervened in the research ranged from 20-22 years with a predominance of females; most expressed that they do have knowledge about HIV/AIDS in relation to the ways of transmission and how to prevent it; the information on this topic had been acquired through television and the Internet fundamentally. Conclusions: it was determined that students have elementary knowledge about HIV/AIDS, these are insufficient considering the risk represented by the age included in the study.

Keywords : acquired immunodeficiency sindrome; risk groups; risk factors; students, dental.

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