Cambios en conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de los estudiantes de 15 a 18 años que recibieron y no recibieron capacitación sobre la estrategia nacional intersectorial de planificación familiar y prevención del embarazo diciembre 2013- abril 2014

Abstract

Background: Ecuador has high fertility rates, 17.2% of adolescents between 15 and 19 years have been mothers, which are key facts that led to the development of the National Intersectorial Strategy for Family Planning and Teen Pregnancy Prevention (ENIPLA in Spanish), whose goal is to improve the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding adolescent sexuality and family planning. Objective: To identify changes in knowledge, attitudes and practices in students that were 15-18 years old from Cuenca, who received and did not receive training by ENIPLA. Materials and Methods: Analytical-cross-sectional study applied to high school students from Cuenca (2013-2014 school year), who received and did not receive training on ENIPLA; 352 students were enrolled. A form based on the second national survey of youth in Costa Rica, demographic and maternal and child health was used. Results: ENIPLA training was imparted to 52.94% of the respondents, 26.20% were female and 26.74% male. Successful knowledge about the concept of sexuality and family planning was 45.99% and 40.64% respectively. The 95.74% knew the condom as contraception method and 43.40% use it; a quarter (28.34%) has an active sex life and 39.62% had their first sexual intercourse between 14 to 16 years. Conclusions: There are no changes in knowledge, attitudes and practices about sexuality and family planning between skilled and unskilled students.

KEYWORDS: SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE IN HEALTH, TRAINING, SEX, FAMILY PLANNING, TEENAGER, COLEGIO UNIVERSITARIO PARTICULAR LA ASUNCIÓN, UNIDAD EDUCATIVA TECNICO SALESIANO, COLEGIO NACIONAL TECNICO HERLINDA TORAL, COLEGIO NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL BENIGNO MALO.