Actividad sexual y práticas de riesgo en una muestra de estudiantes universitarios galegos
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2006
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Edições Universitárias Lusófonas
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La utilización del preservativo en las relaciones sexuales con penetración constituye la única medida preventiva eficaz para evitar la transmisión sexual del VIH y otras ETS. Incrementar su uso adecuado y sistemático es por tanto el objetivo de las campañas de prevención dirigidas a disminuir los riesgos en la actividad sexual, especialmente en los adolescentes y adultos jóvenes, dentro de los que se está experimentando el mayor incremento de contagio.
El objetivo de este estudio es evaluar el nivel de uso del preservativo masculino e identificar los principales conocimientos y actitudes vinculados a su uso de una muestra de 389 alumnos/as, estudiantes universitarios de primer curso de la Universidad de Vigo, Campus de Ourense con una edad media de 19.04 años. Los resultados muestran que el uso sistemático del preservativo agrupa el 45% de los sujetos de la muestra y no se detectando diferencias significativas en función del sexo (t=,021 p=,816).
La mayoría de las relaciones sexuales de los jóvenes de la muestra se mantienen dentro de relaciones afectivas, y el uso del preservativo como anticonceptivo hace que éste sea suplantado por la píldora a mayor estabilidad percibida de la relación.
Se verifica que el mayor uso del preservativo está vinculado a su percepción de utilidad como anticonceptivo y a la creencia de que tranquilizan y dan seguridad en la relación sexual, por lo tanto, en creer que posibilitan tener relaciones sexuales sin riesgos. Por otro lado, al cuestionar a las dos funciones por separado se verifica que el mayor el porcentaje de sujetos que recurre a las métodos anticonceptivos como forma de evitar embarazos (31%) que el de los que hacen uso de los mismos como medio para evitar enfremedades de transmisión sexual (3,1%), diferencias que han de ser adecuadamente incorporadas en los programas de prevención para potenciar de uso del preservativo, ya que constiyue el único profiláctico útil para prevenir E.T.S.
The use of condoms in sexual relations involving penetration is the only efficient preventive measure to avoid HIV sexual transmission and other sexually spread diseases. Increasing its adequate and systematic use is therefore the Target of prevention schemes meant to diminish risks in sexual activities, especially in teenagers and young adults, where the highest level of infection is being carried out. The aim of this work is to evaluate the level of use of male condom and to identify the main knowledge and actitudes beliefs linked to its use in a sample of 389 university youngsters (66.1% girls and 33.9% boys), in their first year in Ourense Campus (University of Vigo) with an average age of 19.04. The results show that 45% of the sexually active students use condoms systematically, with no significantly diferences between boys and girls in its use. Most sexual relations of the youngsters in this sample have to do with affective relations and the use of birth control pills take the place of condoms,the more regular the relation becomes . The views which are more linked to a systematic use of condoms are those which are related to its perception as an useful anticonceptive and something useful to have sex without taking any risk. Otherwise, if we evaluated those functions separetely, the results show a high level of students that use the condom to previne pregnancy (31%) than those who used it to previne sexual diseases (3,1%). Those differences should appear in prevention programs to increase condoms use in teenagers´sexual relations.
The use of condoms in sexual relations involving penetration is the only efficient preventive measure to avoid HIV sexual transmission and other sexually spread diseases. Increasing its adequate and systematic use is therefore the Target of prevention schemes meant to diminish risks in sexual activities, especially in teenagers and young adults, where the highest level of infection is being carried out. The aim of this work is to evaluate the level of use of male condom and to identify the main knowledge and actitudes beliefs linked to its use in a sample of 389 university youngsters (66.1% girls and 33.9% boys), in their first year in Ourense Campus (University of Vigo) with an average age of 19.04. The results show that 45% of the sexually active students use condoms systematically, with no significantly diferences between boys and girls in its use. Most sexual relations of the youngsters in this sample have to do with affective relations and the use of birth control pills take the place of condoms,the more regular the relation becomes . The views which are more linked to a systematic use of condoms are those which are related to its perception as an useful anticonceptive and something useful to have sex without taking any risk. Otherwise, if we evaluated those functions separetely, the results show a high level of students that use the condom to previne pregnancy (31%) than those who used it to previne sexual diseases (3,1%). Those differences should appear in prevention programs to increase condoms use in teenagers´sexual relations.
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Revista Lusófona de Ciências da Mente e do Comportamento
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PSICOLOGIA, COMPORTAMENTOS SEXUAIS DE RISCO, SEXUALIDADE JUVENIL, JOVENS, ESTUDOS DE CASO, DOENÇAS SEXUALMENTE TRANSMISSÍVEIS, PSYCHOLOGY, SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOURS, YOUTH SEXUALITY, YOUNG PEOPLE, CASE STUDIES, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES