Abstract

BIELENKI, Cláudia Rosana Zaccani et al. Sexuality in adolescence in times of AIDS: a study with schoolchildren. Aletheia [online]. 2019, vol.52, n.2, pp. 135-146. ISSN 1413-0394.

This work aims to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors related to sexuality of public schools'students of Canoas / RS. 1091 students aged 12 to 19 answered self-administered questionnaires on sexuality, sexual abuse, pregnancy, STD / AIDS. About 45% of adolescents have had sexual intercourse. The average age of the first relationship was 14 years for boys and 14.6 years for girls. The condom was used in the first intercourse by 80.6% of the students. Teens would like to learn more about sexuality, and girls would like to learn more than boys. Regarding the perception of vulnerability to HIV / AIDS, 54% of boys find it almost impossible to contract the disease, while in girls this figure rises to 71.0%. There was 5.6% of pregnancy history and 2.7% of sexual abuse history. Despite an increase in condom use, these results support interventions to increase safer sex among adolescents.

Keywords : Sexuality; Aids; Adolescent Behavior.

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