Abstract

MAZO-VELEZ, Yesica; DOMINGUEZ-DOMINGUEZ, Luz Enid  and  CARDONA-ARIAS, Jaiberth Antonio. Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices about HIV/AIDS in university adolescents in Medellín, Colombia 2013. Medicas UIS [online]. 2014, vol.27, n.3, pp.35-45. ISSN 0121-0319.

Introduction: the National Plan response to HIV/AIDS in Colombia emphasizes the need to promote knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and practices which foster the development of an autonomous, responsible and pleasurable sexuality. Objective: to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices on HIV / AIDS among university adolescents in Medellin according to socio-demographics aspects. Materials and methods: cross-sectional study of 210 students. Data were stored and analyzed by SPSS 21.0^®. The description of the subjects was realized with summary measures and frequencies, the identification of associated factors with the tests UMann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, Spearman's correlation coefficient and multivariate linear regression were performed. Results: the knowledge was regular in the 14%, attitudes in the 8% and the practices in the 41%. The knowledge, attitudes and practices showed no significant correlation with the number of members of the house, parent's age nor theeducation level of the parents. The scores of attitudes and practices showed a statistically significant correlation with age and current semester of the student. Older students and those in more advanced semesters had higher scores on the attitudes and lower in the practices. Conclusion: the knowledge, attitudes and practices score showed unfavorable results demonstrating the risk of the adolescent of acquiring HIV/AIDS and the need to strengthen programs to improve sexual and reproductive health of this group. MÉD.UIS. 2014;27(3):35-45

Keywords : Adolescents; HIV; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.

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