[Knowledge and preventive behaviors related to cervical cancer and human papiloma virus in a group of Chilean adolescents]. / Conocimientos y conductas preventivas sobre cáncer cérvico-uterino y virus papiloma humano en un grupo de adolescentes chilenas.
Rev Chilena Infectol
; 29(6): 600-6, 2012 Dec.
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INTRODUCTION: The human papilloma virus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection in young people and recognized as the most important risk factor for cervical cancer (CC). AIM: To describe the degree of knowledge that a group of Chilean teenagers have of HPV infection, CC, and its relationship with preventive behavior. METHODS: This is an analytical study, with a random sample of 226 adolescents from three public schools of the Metropolitan Region in Santiago. RESULTS: A fifth of the interviewed students did not know there was a HPV vaccine. Multiple sexual partners was indicated as a risk factor of CC by 70.8% and of HPV infection by 78.3% of them; while 60.3% identified inheritance as a risk factor. HPV transmission through unprotected sexual relations was identified by 68.2% of the sample. Of sexually active adolescents, condom use during sexual relations was reported by 31.1%. The adolescents who use condoms significantly have more knowledge regarding the number of sexual partners and age of first sexual intercourse as a risk factor for CC. CONCLUSION: adolescents know about HPV transmission, however, the preventing conducts are not related to this information.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Comportamento Sexual
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Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis
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Neoplasias do Colo do Útero
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Infecções por Papillomavirus
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Chilena Infectol
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Chile
País de publicação:
Chile