Study of the Sexuality and Demand for Gynecologic Services by High School Students in the City of Rio de Janeiro
| Autor: | Maurício de Andrade Pérez, Sandra de Morais Pereira, Stella Regina Taquette |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Gerontology
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Cross-sectional study Sexual Behavior media_common.quotation_subject education Population Psychological intervention Developing country Pilot Projects Human sexuality Health Services Accessibility Young Adult Surveys and Questionnaires Urban Health Services medicine Humans Personality Socioeconomic status Qualitative Research Reproductive health media_common Health Services Needs and Demand education.field_of_study business.industry Obstetrics and Gynecology General Medicine Cross-Sectional Studies Socioeconomic Factors Adolescent Behavior Adolescent Health Services Health Care Surveys Family medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Reproductive Health Services business Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 26:323-326 |
| ISSN: | 1083-3188 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: To identify the sexual and reproductive profile and demand for gynecologic services by high school girls in the city of Rio de Janeiro. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study carried out by administration of a questionnaire filled in by the respondents on their own given to students at 3 high schools with different socioeconomic profiles: private state and federal. The questions covered socio-demographic characteristics sexual behavior and demand for gynecologic services. The data were analyzed by the Yates chi-square test and Student t-test with P < .05. SETTING: Three high schools in the city of Rio de Janeiro. INTERVENTIONS: None. PARTICIPANTS: Female high school students. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Age race socioeconomic level parents schooling and sexual activity. RESULTS: A total of 418 students participated 122 from a private school 165 from a state public school and 131 from a federal public school. The state school students were predominantly black and had the lowest socioeconomic level with their parents having the fewest average years of schooling. They also reported the most sexual partners pregnancies and abortions. Their characteristics differed significantly from those of the private and federal school students which were similar to each other. The average age of first sexual activity was similar for all the respondents and the first visit to a gynecologist occurred significantly later among the state school students. CONCLUSIONS: The more frequent pregnancies and abortions by the state school students can be a consequence of the lower demand for or insufficient access to gynecologic services depriving these students of the necessary care to promote sexual and reproductive health. This demonstrates the need for public policies that promote and facilitate access to routine preventive gynecologic care by low-income adolescent girls. Copyright (c) 2013 North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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