KNOWLEDGE AND PREVALENCE OF ISTS AMONG GRADUATES OF THE MEDICINE COURSE AT THE ESTATE UNIVERSITY CENTER OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1592252225053

• Palavras-chave: Students, STI, prevalence, questionnaire and medicine.

• Keywords: Students, STI, prevalence, questionnaire and medicine.

• Abstract:

  To identify the prevalence, knowledge and behavior of medical students in relation to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), guiding the behavior in the face of prevention and health promotion, having knowledge of the possible effects of the disease over time. Conducting an individual electronic questionnaire, randomly distributed to students from the first to the eighth period of the medicine course at the Centro Universitário Estácio de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo. Most students aged 20 to 23 years old, single and frequent sexual partners with casual partners. Of the 181 responses, 43.7% of students do not use condoms during sexual intercourse and misinformation does not seem to justify this practice. Most students showed knowledge about the contagion and main diseases resulting from STIs and 5% reported having had sex with STI carriers, of which 2 students reported having contracted syphilis. Even though they are carriers of information, young medical students at Centro Estácio in Ribeirão Preto are in a vulnerable situation when it comes to STIs.

• Número de páginas: 11