Knowledge about sexuality and sexual practices in teenagers of 8 to 11 grade of educational institution in Manizales city (Colombia), 2013

Abstract

Objective: To identify the knowledge and the sexual practices in teen agers of 8 to 11 grade of two schools Manizales city (Caldas, Colombia). Methodology: This is a transversal retrospective study with survey application; the population were 170 teen agers between 14 and 21 years of age, who are studying from 8 to11 grades of high school of two schools Manizales city, who are in medium and low stratus. The study was done with a survey. Was use different variables about the sexual knowledge, sexual practices and risk factors about pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Results: The standard of age was of 16,31 ages, the masculine genre a 56.5 %.Was an average of 2,9 (over 5) of knowledge in sexual education, 1,8 in contraceptive methods, 2,4 in pregnancy, 3,5 in sexually transmitted diseases, for an average of 2,7.The 91,8 % has had sexual experiences, 70,1 % with penetration; 46.6% do not use contraceptive methods; 5 % of the women said has had pregnancies; 4,2% said has had sexually transmitted diseases. The low score of knowledge have a significantly coincidence with the discomfort with the use of contraceptive methods (p=0.018), ignorance of which is used for (p=0.019), do not use of it. Conclusions: According to the low knowledge in sexual topics and the intense sexual practice, this population is a high risk population to have unwanted pregnancies, induced abortions and sexually transmitted diseases.