Adolescents' knowledge of HPV and sexually transmitted infections at public high schools in Sao Paulo: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the knowledge of students from public high schools in poor communities about HPV and Sexually Transmitted Infections and their attitude towards and prevention of such diseases.

Patients and methods

Cross-sectional study with adolescents from public schools of São Paulo - Brazil. Participants were selected for an interview by a randomization program. A questionnaire about knowledge, attitudes, and preventive practices regarding STIs, including HPV, according to sex was administered and answers were analyzed by the Poisson regression model with robust variance.

Results

Median age of the 269 participants was 16 years. The majority was of African descent (68.8%, n = 185), most (74%, n = 199) were religious and the vast majority (90.7%, n = 244) lived wit

SUBMITTER: Soares Junior JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9678670 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature