Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de los adolescentes medios del Colegio Nacional Técnico Herlinda Toral sobre discapacidades en los recién nacidos, Cuenca año lectivo 2011-2012

Abstract

This investigation was applied to four hundred forty four students from ‘’HerlindaToral’’ high school. This prosal began with the application of a precaps to determine the teenagers knowledge about disabilities in newborns. With the facts gotten many educational workshops were done, and later the postcaps were applied. Also a didactic module was made about Sexual and Reproductive health and prevention of disabilities with emphasis in the topic about pregnancy in the adolescence like factor of risk for the disabilities and it will be delivered to the high school with the objective to raise the level of knowledges, clarify doubts and encourage the awareness about the issues under study. Much remains to be done on sex education and everything related to disability in newborns infants of adolescent mothers. So it should implement joint actions in coordination in health, education, family, and media to achieve the desired goal. This study was descriptive quasi-experimental with the main characteristics of the adolescents surveyed: 14 age group tears belonging to the tenth courses and first courses In high school, most of the sample residesin urban areas, teens surveyed have extensive information regarding sexual and reproductive health but not disabilities in newborns mothers teens. KEY WORDS: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICES, ADOLESCENT MIDDLE, PREGNANCY, ADOLESCENCE, DISABILITY. DeCs SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES - PREVENTION & CONTROL, CHILD DEVELOPMENT –CLASSIFICATION, CHILD DEVELOPMENT- PHYSIOLOGY, INFANT, NEWBORN- GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT, ADOLESCENT; STUDENTS- STATISTICS & NUMERICAL DATA. CUENCA-ECUADOR.