Sexual behaviour among initial academic students

Borges, Maritza Rodrigues; Silveira, Rodrigo Eurípedes da; Santos, Álvaro da Silva; Lippi, Umberto Gazi

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%T Sexual behaviour among initial academic students
%A Borges, Maritza Rodrigues
%A Silveira, Rodrigo Eurípedes da
%A Santos, Álvaro da Silva
%A Lippi, Umberto Gazi
%J Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online
%N 2
%P 2505-2515
%V 7
%D 2015
%@ 2175-5361
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54269-0
%X Objective: Describe the sexual practices of beginner students of a Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Method: Exploratory and cross-sectional study which included 786 academics enrolled in courses of the health area. Results: 623 (79,3%) were female and the average age was 19.2 ± 3.1 years. 693 (88.2%) adolescents had started sexual life, of which 332 (47,9%) has sexual relations with regular partner and 135 (19.5%) reported regular use of condom. Conclusion: It shows the need of health education actions targeted to the teen population in the University context, especially those of health area, with a view to prevention and to the adoption of healthy habits, highlighting not only biological aspects, but also psychosocial and behavioral.
%C MISC
%G en
%9 Zeitschriftenartikel
%W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org
%~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info