CONOCIMIENTOS Y ACTITUDES SOBRE LA SALUD SEXUAL Y REPRODUCTIVA DE LOS PROFESIONALES DE ENFERMERÍA, DISTRITO DE SALUD 01D04 CUENCA-NORTE, 2025-2026

Abstract

Background: For nursing personnel, it is essential to understand that according to the WHO, sexual and reproductive health is a state of physical, emotional, and social well-being related to aspects of sexuality and reproduction, and not only the absence of disease. For this reason, nurses must have adequate knowledge, as well as positive, empathetic and respectful attitudes towards sexual and reproductive health. Objective: To identify the knowledge and attitudes about sexual and reproductive health of nursing professionals, Health District 01D04 Cuenca-Norte. Methodology: A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study identified the knowledge and attitudes of nursing professionals in relation to sexual and reproductive health, through the structured survey "Sexuality and me", applied to 84 nursing professionals who are part of Health District 01D04. Results: 84 health professionals were evaluated, obtaining the following results in knowledge: the majority of the population has "adequate knowledge" represented by 74.45% (54), while 29.76% (25) has "very adequate knowledge". On the other hand, in attitudes, 79.76% (67) have "adequate attitudes" and 20.24% (17) have "moderately adequate attitudes". Conclusion: The majority of the population has "adequate" knowledge, which is worrying because only 6% has "very adequate" knowledge. Likewise, in the category of attitudes, no participant reached the level of "very adequate".