Educational intervention on STI/HIV/AIDS in female adolescents

Abstract

An intervention study with quasi-experimental design was carried out, and within it, a pre-test and a post-test. It was aimed at increasing the level of knowledge on sexually transmitted infections, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in female adolescents of the Medical Consulting Room number 44-2 of the Martha Abreu Estévez Teaching University Polyclinic in Santa Clara city, Villa Clara province, during the period from January to December, 2007. The universe of study was formed by 93 adolescents between 12 and 19 years of age who belong to the above mentioned consulting room. An intentional sample of 51 female adolescents, who were ready to take part in the study, was taken with authorization of their parents. A questionnaire was devised for the gathering of information. It allowed knowing the level of knowledge the adolescents had. A scale aimed at obtaining an integral qualitative evaluation was designed. The investigation was carried out in three stages; the first one corresponded with the implementation of the pre-test, which showed an insufficient level of knowledge in the adolescents. The educational intervention was implemented on the base of the results obtained, and it constituted the second stage. In the third stage a post-test was carried out. It allowed evaluating the effectiveness of the actions of the intervention and showed that an adequate level of knowledge had been achieved. It can be concluded that the educational intervention designed increased the knowledge of the adolescents, thus, demonstrating the effectiveness of the educational program. It is recommended, starting from this study, its deepening, so that new horizons are opened in the investigative field.

Keywords

• vih
• adolescencia
• conocimientos, actitudes y práctica
• evaluación de resultados de acciones preventivas