Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de los adolescentes medios de los Colegios, César Vázquez Astudillo, Técnico Industrial Ricaurte y Nacional Nulti sobre discapacidades en los recién nacidos, Cuenca año lectivo 2011-2012

Abstract

This research was made to 320 teenagers from three different high school: Cesar Vazquez Astudillo, Técnico Industrial Ricaurte, Nacional Nulti; at the beginning with the application of precaps, to determinate the teenager knowledge’s about disabilities in new born. Based on obtained information, we development an educational workshop, to continued with the postcaps application. We developed a module on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Disability Prevention, focusing on the topic of Teen Pregnancy as a risk factor for disability and then it was delivered to high schools where the research was conducted. This study was descriptive Cuasi Experimental; it was able to increase the knowledge and attitudes in middle teenagers about sexual education, disabilities, disabilities prevention, pubertal changes and teen pregnancy. The main characteristic to the respondents teenagers were: age group from 14 to 16 years old, belong to ten grade a 45% and first grade a 34.7%. The 95.6% of the study population resides rural zone.

Keywords: Knowledge, attitudes, practices, middle adolescents, teen pregnancy, disability.

DeCs: Sexual and Reproductive Health; Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Developmental Disabilities, Prevention and control-Infant, Newborn-growth and development, adolescent, Students-statistics & numerical data, Cuenca, Ecuador.