Abstract

DIAZ MONTES, Carmen Elena et al. UNDERGRADUATE TEENAGE STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIV/AIDS IN A UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF CARTAGENA COLOMBIA, 2011. Hacia promoc. Salud [online]. 2014, vol.19, n.2, pp.38-52. ISSN 0121-7577.

Objective: To determine the level of knowledge about HIV / AIDS in adolescents of undergraduate programs in on campus education at a university in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia during the second academic period of 2011. Materials and Methods: A descriptive study with a population of 8,706 students. Sample constituted by 919 students. The information was collected by means of "ECOVIH scale" which is scored from 0 to 10 points, the higher the score, the more knowledge, and a survey that evaluated sociodemographic characteristics. Error was 3% and level of confidence was 95%. Results: Mean age was 18.4 years; the ages ranged from 15 to 19 years, 50.7% were women and 49.3% were men. 70% of respondents have "regular knowledge", 19.8% have "deficient knowledge" and only 11.4% "good knowledge". Women have better knowledge than men achieving an average of 5.8 and 4.8 respectively. The areas that achieved higher scores were: health with 6.8, economic and exact sciences 5.2 and humanities and education 5.3. Conclusion: Adolescents present regular level of knowledge about HIV / AIDS, showing little knowledge regarding oral transmission, and almost no knowledge about the effects of the infection. Women have better knowledge compared to men, placing them in a regular knowledge level and men are placed in a deficient level. The ??area of Health shows a better level of knowledge in comparison with the other areas, but all areas of study were classified into the regular knowledge level. Students from Chemistry, Mathematics and Economics programs show deficient knowledge.

Keywords : Health knowledge; attitudes; practice (DeSC); ADIS; HIV; adolescent; students.

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