Salud Sexual en los Adolescentes de Santa Rosa, Ecuador

Abstract

Introduction: Pregnancy in adolescents, is a problem worldwide, where the early onset of sexual relations has been observed, relating to the deficit of knowledge, in sexuality. Objective: Identify risk behavior in a population of adolescents. Methods: A quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out on the opinions and attitudes of adolescents on different variables focused on the issue of sexual and reproductive health in 8th-year students of Colegio Modesto Chávez Franco of Cantón Santa Rosa during the period September 2019 - February 2020. For this purpose, we worked with a sample of 651 students. Results: 84% of adolescents know the contraceptive methods; 49.2% of those surveyed feels ashamed to talk about sexuality with their parents, while 33.9% have confidence with their mother; 68.5% of the total adolescent population state that one of the ways to prevent sexually transmitted infection is by using a condom. Conclusions: This group reported knowledge about contraceptive methods and means to prevent sexually transmitted infections, but it denotes problematic aspects such as the low participation of parents in sexual and reproductive education.