Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de los adolescentes medios de la Unidad Educativa Julio María Matovelle del cantón Paute, sobre discapacidades en los recién nacidos, Cuenca año lectivo 2011-2012

Abstract

This present was a descriptive quasi-experimental research, was done in the high school Unidad Educativa “Julio Maria Matovelle” in Paute, with a purpose: To explore the acquired knowledgment about sexuality: CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS, PREGNANCY during ADOLESCENCE as a RISK FACT for the DISABILITIES. In a group of 130 students, where we´ve seen the characteristics of investigated population as: 9th and 10th grade students, 1st and 2nd of bachelor, most of them live in the urban place from Paute.

We applied a precaps test to determine knowledge of teenagers about this theme, it was found that 50% of teenagers didn´t know about pubertal changes, in addition a 89.20% said that the most common cause that can produce the disability is the consumption to alcohol, snuff and drugs, but at 90.8% reported knowing the meaning of a disability, then increased to 96.9%. We've seen that there is a lack of contraceptive methods information, risks of teen pregnancy and sex education. We made some educational workshops to apply post caps tests, post-intervention knowledge level rose to 85.4% in terms of pubertal changes.

Meanwhile we did a module about the topics that we taught, and it was given to the high school where we did the present research.

The objective is to increase the level of knowledgment, to clear some doubts and to motivate the interest on those topics that we have taught. So it´s a need to do some actions focusing on the family, society and community to prevent disabilities and get a better way of life.

Keywords:

Knowledgment, attitudes, practices, middle adolescents, pregnancy, adolescence, disability.

DeCS: Knowledgment, attitudes and practice in Health; Disabilities of Development-Prevention and Control, Growth and Development of the newborn; Adolescents; students; Paute-Azuay-Ecuador.