Knowledge and Use of Contraceptive Methods in Adolescents of a Health Care Center

Objective: to identify the level of knowledge and use of contraceptive methods in adolescents. Methods: observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study. The study included adolescents from 15 to 19 years with an active sexual life and who attended a Health Care Center in Mexico City from Septem...

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Autores: Sánchez-Meneses, María C., Dávila-Mendoza, Rocío, Ponce-Rosas, Efrén R.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Atención Familiar
Idioma:español
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Palabra clave:Adolescents
Contraceptive Methods
Sexual Health
adolescencia
métodos anticonceptivos
salud sexual
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spelling Knowledge and Use of Contraceptive Methods in Adolescents of a Health Care CenterConocimiento y uso de métodos anticonceptivos en adolescentes de un centro de saludSánchez-Meneses, María C.Dávila-Mendoza, RocíoPonce-Rosas, Efrén R.AdolescentsContraceptive MethodsSexual Healthadolescenciamétodos anticonceptivossalud sexualObjective: to identify the level of knowledge and use of contraceptive methods in adolescents. Methods: observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study. The study included adolescents from 15 to 19 years with an active sexual life and who attended a Health Care Center in Mexico City from September to October 2014. Non-randomized sample. The 120 adolescents self-applied the survey that included: socio-demographic variables, knowledge and use of contraceptive methods. Descriptive and inferential statistics with U of Mann-Whitney and Kruskall-Wallis tests were used. The level of significance was of 0.05, with the statistical program spss v.20. Results: 120 adolescents were interviewed whose level of knowledge was rated as average in 60.8% and low in 23.3%. The condom was the most used contraceptive method (65.2%); additionally, it was the barrier method better known (95.8%). Only there were differences regarding the age of the participants (p=0.030). Conclusions: the obtained results in this study showed that it is necessary to improve the quality of information about the correct use of contraceptive methods, which it is expected to positively impact in sexual and reproductive health.Objetivo: identificar el nivel de conocimiento y uso de métodos anticonceptivos en adolescentes. Métodos: estudio observacional, descriptivo y transversal. Se incluyeron adolescentes de 15 a 19 años con vida sexual activa que asistieron a un centro de salud de la ciudad de México durante los meses septiembre y octubre de 2014. Muestra no probabilística, 120 adolescentes se autoaplicaron una encuesta que incluía: variables sociodemográficas, de conocimiento y de uso de métodos anticonceptivos. Se empleó estadística descriptiva e inferencial con las pruebas U de Mann-Whitney y Kruskall-Wallis. Nivel de significancia 0.05, con el programa estadístico spss v.20. Resultados: se entrevistó a un total de 120 adolescentes cuyo nivel de conocimientos fue calificado como medio en 60.8% y bajo en 23.3%. El condón fue el método anticonceptivo mayormente utilizado (65.2%); asimismo, fue el método de barrera del que se tenía un mejor conocimiento (95.8%). Solo se obtuvieron diferencias respecto a la edad de los participantes (p=0.030). Conclusiones: los resultados obtenidos en este estudio muestran que es necesario mejorar la calidad de la información sobre el uso adecuado de los métodos anticonceptivos, lo que se espera, repercuta positivamente en la salud sexual y reproductiva de la población.Facultad de Medicina2015-03-17info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/atencion_familiar/article/view/4798910.22201/facmed.14058871p.2015.2.47989Atención Familiar; Vol. 22 Núm. 22992-782X10.22201/facmed.14058871p.2015.2reponame:Atención Familiarinstname:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICOinstacron:UNAMspahttps://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/atencion_familiar/article/view/47989/43109info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/479892024-08-16T16:51:44Z
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Conocimiento y uso de métodos anticonceptivos en adolescentes de un centro de salud
title Knowledge and Use of Contraceptive Methods in Adolescents of a Health Care Center
spellingShingle Knowledge and Use of Contraceptive Methods in Adolescents of a Health Care Center
Sánchez-Meneses, María C.
Adolescents
Contraceptive Methods
Sexual Health
adolescencia
métodos anticonceptivos
salud sexual
title_short Knowledge and Use of Contraceptive Methods in Adolescents of a Health Care Center
title_full Knowledge and Use of Contraceptive Methods in Adolescents of a Health Care Center
title_fullStr Knowledge and Use of Contraceptive Methods in Adolescents of a Health Care Center
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and Use of Contraceptive Methods in Adolescents of a Health Care Center
title_sort Knowledge and Use of Contraceptive Methods in Adolescents of a Health Care Center
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sánchez-Meneses, María C.
Dávila-Mendoza, Rocío
Ponce-Rosas, Efrén R.
author Sánchez-Meneses, María C.
author_facet Sánchez-Meneses, María C.
Dávila-Mendoza, Rocío
Ponce-Rosas, Efrén R.
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Ponce-Rosas, Efrén R.
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Adolescents
Contraceptive Methods
Sexual Health
adolescencia
métodos anticonceptivos
salud sexual
topic Adolescents
Contraceptive Methods
Sexual Health
adolescencia
métodos anticonceptivos
salud sexual
description Objective: to identify the level of knowledge and use of contraceptive methods in adolescents. Methods: observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study. The study included adolescents from 15 to 19 years with an active sexual life and who attended a Health Care Center in Mexico City from September to October 2014. Non-randomized sample. The 120 adolescents self-applied the survey that included: socio-demographic variables, knowledge and use of contraceptive methods. Descriptive and inferential statistics with U of Mann-Whitney and Kruskall-Wallis tests were used. The level of significance was of 0.05, with the statistical program spss v.20. Results: 120 adolescents were interviewed whose level of knowledge was rated as average in 60.8% and low in 23.3%. The condom was the most used contraceptive method (65.2%); additionally, it was the barrier method better known (95.8%). Only there were differences regarding the age of the participants (p=0.030). Conclusions: the obtained results in this study showed that it is necessary to improve the quality of information about the correct use of contraceptive methods, which it is expected to positively impact in sexual and reproductive health.
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