Educative Intervention about Human Immunodeficiency Virus in adolescents of Senior High School level

Abstract

Introduction:

Infection by Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is a health problem worldwide. In Cuba there are advances, prenatal transmission has been eliminated since 2013, although the eradication of the epidemics has not been achieved.

Objective:

To implement an educative intervention about Human Immunodeficiency Virus in adolescents of Senior High School level.

Methods:

An educative intervention was carried out at ¨República de Indonesia¨ urban Senior High School in Guanajay, Artemisa. The universe was formed by 343 students and a sample of 60 was selected at random. A questionnaire was applied to determine the knowledge about the causal agent, the ways of transmission; risk behaviors and the sources of information, before and after the educative intervention. The educative syllabus was performed by lectures, workshops and film debates. Wilconxon statistical test was used for related samples.

Results:

Female gender prevailed in a 66.66 % and eleventh grade in the 58.33 %. Before the intervention, the 61.33 % did not know the causal agent, afterwards, it was inverted in a 75 %; in relation to the ways of transmission, the 86.66 % did not manage them, been reversed in a 70 %. About the ways of prevention, there was no knowledge in the 88.33 %, but it was changed in the 33.33 %, the risk behaviors were unknown in an 11.66 % and after the intervention, there was a 81.66 %.

Conclusions:

The educative intervention syllabus allows to increase knowledge about Human Immunodeficiency Virus in adolescents.