Conhecimento de adolescentes do ensino médio quanto aos métodos contraceptivos

Abstract

Currently, issues relating to contraception in adolescence become relevant, particularly as regards knowledge of adolescents about their use. The study aimed evaluation of the knowledge on contraceptive methods and their utilization among adolescents of the secondary grade of public schools in Cuiaba-MT. Quantitative transversal study, conducted in the months of November to December 2013, with 691 teenagers. They were interviewed with closed questions / multiple choice questionnaires. Data were analyzed with Epi Info 3.5.2 statistics software. The major age for sexual initiation was 15 years. About 1.44% of the teenagers interviewed have 1 or more children. Men make use principally of male condoms (52.8%), while women usually combine more than 1 method (14.9%). The commonest errors on answering how to use contraceptive methods were related to: male condoms (30.7%), female condoms (25.4%), hormonal pills (30.7%), morning-after pills (28.8%), coitus interruptus (41%) and calendar-based abstinence (33.8%). Results call attention to the high importance of public health efforts targeted to the adolescents and the insertion of health services in the school/social environments.