Evaluación y modificación de los conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de los estudiantes de la Escuela de Artes Visuales Comunes pertenecientes a la Facultad de Artes de la Universidad de Cuenca, frente a las infecciones de transmisión sexual (ITS) Y VIH/SIDA

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To know, assess and modify the knowledge, attitudes and practices that the students of the Visual and Common Arts School at the University of Cuenca have about Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)/HIV/AIDS.-MATERIALS AND METHODS: An analytical cuasi-experimental study without group, about knowledge, attitudes and practices on Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) /HIV/AIDS was carried out on the students from the Visual and Common Arts School at the Cuenca University. A questionnaire was applied with two measurements: before and three months after the educational intervention this was based on the social-cognitive theory propose by Albert Bandura. The sample consisted of 72 students. For the variables of knowledge about routes of transmission, modes of presentation and healing; attitudes in the presence of these infections and their prevention practices and ways of transmission and prevention was applied in a scale with a final score of good, regular and Bad.- RESULTS: The level of knowledge increase from 58.1% to 74.4%; good attitudes, from 71.8% to 84.5%, and the practices have a slightly decrease from 44.4% to 41.9% in the intervened group.- The average age to be initiated in sexual intercourse was 17.7 ± 1.6 in the students, the number of people they had sex in the last 3 months was 1,1 ± 1,0.- Scale was used self-efficacy for AIDS prevention, of the 27 questions, the level of self-efficacy was improved in the intervention group in saying: the students modified the level of reliance to say no when someone propose them to have sexual relationships, the hay more security to ask their couple about sexual aspects, and they have security of use the condom correctly, also of maintain sexual relationships just with one person and to talk about sex with their parents.- CONCLUSION: To conclude, its worth to say that the designed educational intervention raised the knowledge and improve student attitudes to STI/HIV/AIDS in self-efficacy showed significant changes, the safety by the students was increased after Intervention.