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Title: Nível de informação sobre anticoncepção em adolescentes de escolas públicas e particulares de um município da região sul do estado do Tocantins
Other Titles: The information level about contraception in adolescents from public and private schools in a city in the southern of the Tocantins state
Keywords: Anticoncepção
Educação sexual
Gravidez na adolescência
Contraception
Sexual education
Teenage pregnancy
Issue Date: 2013
Publisher: Centro Universitário de Gurupi
Citation: MAFRA, V. R. et al. Nível de informação sobre anticoncepção em adolescentes de escolas públicas e particulares de um município da região sul do estado do Tocantins. Revista Amazônia: Science & Health, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 3, 2013.
Abstract: Introduction: The contraceptive is given as a solution to the problem of teenage pregnancy, however is not a simple matter at any age, much less in adolescence. Objective: To analyze the sources of information, knowledge and use of contraceptives by adolescents in public and private schools. Methods: Crosssectional study, descriptive study through a questionnaire on students in public and private, aged between 12-17 years. Results: The study showed that 98.8% of adolescents knew some kind of contraceptive method, 67.15% of students rated their knowledge as "good", being the method most frequently mentioned by young people condoms (98%), followed by morning after pill (43.6%) and oral medications (38%). The main sources of information cited were from the family (42.8%), television (30.4%) and friends (28.8%). Entres adolescents evaluated from both institutions who reported sexual initiation, 72.5% reported using a contraceptive method, and is also referred to as the condom (87.5%). Conclusion: There was an early sexual initiation in this population, significant differences were detected among the population arising from private schools compared to public.
URI: http://ojs.unirg.edu.br/index.php/2/article/view/538
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