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Antonia Herrera-Ortiz1, Carlos Rodolfo Arriaga-Demeza, Carlos Jesús Conde-González
1Laboratorio de Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual, Centro de Investigaciones sobre Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública.
Introduction:
herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and human papillomavirus (HPV) are the most frequent sexually transmitted infections (STI) among college students 18-24 years old. Educational interventions for STI prevention can help to decrease viral STI prevalence among students.
Objective:
to know the change in knowledge, perception of risk and sexual behavior among 182 students of the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos.
Material And Method:
a community intervention trial (before-after) was carried out, using brochures for prevention of HSV-2 and HPV, including information about these STI, with emphasis on the risk factors identified in students of the same university.
Results:
we found a change in the perception of STI risk during the intervention (56.5 before vs. 67.7% after intervention), possibly the brochures assisted students to learn more about their own risk behaviors. Likewise, there was an increase in knowledge in both HPV and HSV-2.
Conclusions:
it is necessary to increase the sample size in future interventions to assess further the change in knowledge, sexual behaviors and the prevalence of infections.
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