O conhecimento dos escolares adolescentes sobre doenças sexualmente transmissíveis/AIDS

Abstract

O objetivo desta pesquisa foi verificar o conhecimento do escolar adolescente de uma escola pública de Goiânia-Goiás sobre as DST/AIDS. O estudo caracteriza-se como descritivo e foi realizado no período de janeiro a outubro de 2003, com alunos de 7ª e 8ª séries do ensino fundamental e 2ª e 3ª séries do ensino médio, da referida escola. Os dados foram coletados por meio de questionário estruturado. Dos 113 participantes, 46% eram do sexo masculino e 54% do sexo feminino, a idade variou entre 12 e 19 anos, 15% informaram já ter praticado relação sexual. Observou-se que, apesar de 90,43% dos estudantes terem relatado informações prévias sobre o assunto, quando interrogados quanto ao conhecimento sobre as DST/AIDS, muitos deles responderam incorretamente. Desta forma, sugere-se a implementação efetiva de programas educativos sobre o tema em todas as escolas do ensino fundamental e médio. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The purpose of this research was to verify the knowledge of the school adolescents, of a public school in Goiânia – Goiás, about STD/Aids. The research is characterized as descriptive and was made from 2003 January to October, with students of the related school 7th and 8th classes’ and 2nd and 3rd high school classes. The data had been collected by structuralized questionnaire. The research had evaluated 113 students and 46% of them were male and 54% were female. The age goes to 12 to 19 years old. 15% of the students told that they already had sexual relations. It was observed that, although 90,43% of the students have showed previous knowledge of the subject, when they were asked about how much they knew about DST/AIDS, many of them had answered incorrectly. The research suggests an effective implementation of educative programs about the theme in all the schools and school levels.