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      Prevención de infecciones de transmisión sexual entre los jóvenes e importancia de la educación sanitaria Translated title: Prevention of sexually transmitted infections among young people and the importance of health education Translated title: A prevenção das infecções sexualmente transmissíveis entre jovens e a importância da educação em saúde

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          RESUMEN: Objetivo: Analizar las prácticas sexuales y la adopción de prácticas de prevención de infecciones de transmisión sexual entre estudiantes universitarios. Método: Investigación descriptiva, transversal, cuantitativa, realizada en una institución pública de educación superior, ubicada en la ciudad de Río de Janeiro. Se seleccionaron 173 estudiantes de las carreras de nutrición, medicina, enfermería y ciencias biológicas como muestra en la base de datos matricial de investigación. Resultados: Hubo predominio de mujeres jóvenes (76,88%), de 18 a 23 años (84,39%), sexualmente activas (78,03%), que no usaban preservativo de forma continuada con parejas esTables (47,22%) y casuales (30,36%); la mayoría negoció el uso del condón (37,78%); nunca realizó una prueba para detectar el VIH (56,07%) y negó la ocurrencia previa de ITS (91,33%). Conclusión: La baja adherencia de los jóvenes al condón con parejas esTables y casuales son conductas sexuales de riesgo que pueden contribuir a contraer ITS. La ampliación de la oferta de pruebas oportunas y la intensificación de las actividades educativas en el ámbito universitario son prácticas necesarias para reducir la vulnerabilidad del grupo a las ITS.

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          ABSTRACT: Objective: To analyze sexual practices and the adoption of prevention practices for sexually transmitted infections among university students. Method: A descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative study, carried out in a public higher education institution, located in the city of Rio de Janeiro. A sample of 173 students from the Nutrition, Medicine, Nursing and Biological Sciences courses was selected from the matrix research database. Results: There was predominance of young women (76.88%), aged between 18 and 23 years old (84.39%), sexually active (78.03%), who did not use condoms continuously with sTable (47.22%) and casual (30.36%) partners; the majority negotiated condom use (37.78%); never performed a test to detect HIV (56.07%) and denied previous occurrence of STIs (91.33%). Conclusion: The low adherence of young people to condoms with sTable and casual partners is a risky sexual behavior that can contribute to acquiring STIs. Expansion of the provision of timely testing and intensification of educational activities in the university environment are necessary practices to reduce the group's vulnerability to STIs.

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          RESUMO: Objetivo: Analisar as práticas sexuais e a adoção de práticas de prevenção de infecções sexualmente transmissíveis entre estudantes universitários. Método: Pesquisa descritiva, transversal, quantitativa, realizada em instituição pública de ensino superior, localizada no município do Rio de Janeiro. Foram selecionados como amostra 173 estudantes dos cursos de nutrição, medicina, enfermagem e ciências biológicas, no banco de dados da pesquisa-matriz. Resultados: Houve predomínio de jovens do sexo feminino (76,88%), faixa etária 18 a 23 anos (84,39%), sexualmente ativos (78,03%); não faziam uso contínuo do preservativo com parceiros fixos (47,22%) e casuais (30,36%); a maioria negociava o uso do preservativo (37,78%); nunca realizaram teste para detectar o HIV (56,07%) e negaram ocorrência prévia de Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis (IST) (91,33%). Conclusão: A baixa adesão dos jovens ao preservativo com parceiros fixos e casuais são comportamentos sexuais de risco que podem contribuir para adquirir IST. A ampliação da oferta de testagem oportuna e a intensificação de ações educativas no ambiente universitário são práticas necessárias para reduzir a vulnerabilidade do grupo às IST.

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            Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and associated factors among the University of Gondar students, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

            Introduction Globally, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain a major public health problem. University students tend to practices sex which predisposes them to sexually transmitted infections, unwanted pregnancies, and unsafe abortions due to their freedom from families. Therefore, the study aimed to assess the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and associated factors among the University of Gondar students, northwest Ethiopia. Methods An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted on 845 the University of Gondar students selected using the multistage sampling technique from March 7–10, 2016. The data were collected using a structured, pre-tested self-administered questionnaire. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were employed through SPSS version 20 to identify factors associated with sexually transmitted infections. Odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval was computed to determine the level of association. In the multivariable analysis, variables with p-value less than 5% were considered as statistically significant association between covariates and sexually transmitted infections. Result Sexually transmitted infections among university students were found to be 18.20% (95%CI,15.40,20.80). Previous history of sexually transmitted infections (AOR = 2.1; 95%CI: 1.04, 4.38), multiple sexual partners in life (AOR = 2.7; 95%CI:1.70, 4.40), not use of condoms during sexual intercourses (AOR = 2.4; 95%CI:1.50,3.75) and poor knowledge of sexually transmitted infections (AOR = 3.3; 95%CI:1.09,5.32) were significantly associated with sexually transmitted infections. Conclusion The prevalence of STIs was high among university students. The previous history of sexually transmitted infections, multiple sexual partners, not using condoms during sexual intercourse and poor knowledge of sexually transmitted infections were found to be associated with the infections. Opening and strengthen reproductive health centers on the campuses, popularizing sexual, and reproductive health information and education, particularly on STI modes of transmission, prevention, and health-seeking behaviors, and providing information on accessing of condoms is recommended to reduce sexually transmitted infections.
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              Risky sexual behavior and associated factors in undergraduate students in a city in Southern Brazil

              ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the sexual behavior of freshmen undergraduate students according to demographic, economic, psychosocial and behavioral characteristics, and evaluate the prevalence of risky sexual behavior and its associated factors. METHODS A cross-sectional study of the census type with undergraduate students over 18 years old of 80 undergraduate courses of the Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), in Rio Grande do Sul (RS), who entered in the first semester of 2017 and remained enrolled in the second semester. Undergraduate students who reported having had sex were evaluated. We considered as risky sexual behavior having more than one sexual partner within the last three months and not having used condoms in the last sexual intercourse. RESULTS The prevalence of risky sexual behavior was 9% (95%CI 7.6–10.5). Men presented more risky behavior than women, with a prevalence of 10.8% and 7.5%, respectively. Of the undergraduate students, 45% did not use condoms in the last sexual intercourse, and 24% had two partners or more within three months before the survey. Smartphone applications for sexual purposes were used by 23% of students within three months before the survey. Risky sexual behavior was associated with gender, age at first sexual intercourse, frequency of alcohol consumption, consumption of psychoactive substances before the last sexual intercourse and use of smartphone applications for sexual purposes. CONCLUSION Although undergraduate students are expected to be an informed population, the prevalence of risky sexual behavior was important, indicating the need to expand public investment in sexual education and awareness actions.
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                Enfermería Global
                Enferm. glob.
                Universidad de Murcia (Murcia, Murcia, Spain )
                1695-6141
                2022
                : 21
                : 65
                : 74-115
                Affiliations
                [5] orgnameUERJ Brasil
                [2] orgnameUniversidad del Estado de Rio de Janeiro Brasil
                [1] orgnameUniversidad del Estado de Rio de Janeiro Brasil laerciodl28@ 123456hotmail.com
                [4] orgnameUERJ Brasil
                [3] orgnameUERJ Brasil
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                S1695-61412022000100074 S1695-6141(22)02106500074
                10.6018/eglobal.481541
                a3a4ea25-6af3-4123-a315-60e34db0ab4c

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                : 14 September 2021
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                sexually transmitted diseases,young adult,sexual behavior,students,education in health,enfermedades de transmisión sexual,adulto joven,conducta sexual,estudiantes,educación en salud,doenças sexualmente transmissíveis,adulto jovem,comportamento sexual,estudantes,educação em saúde

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