Conocimiento sobre transmisión de VIH/SIDA y prácticas sexuales riesgosas en los estudiantes de bachillerato de la Unidad Educativa Particular “San Andrés” periodo académico abril-septiembre 2023.

Abstract

The following research work is focused on the HIV AIDS disease, this is a retrovirus that is characterized by attacking the Tcollaborative lymphocytes CD4 or also called white blood cells, which are cells that are part of the immune system, causing it to be very weakened, causing different health risks. At present, teenagers have superficial knowledge about this topic, which leads them to engage in risky sexual practices or behaviors, increasing the likelihood of contagion, which is why the objective of this study is to identify the level of knowledge that students have, in this case at Unidad Educativa San Andrés. In addition, the research has a qualitative approach to collect and analyze data, as well as quantitative because it works with measurable or quantifiable data and thus to determine the level of knowledge and risky sexual practices that students have, additionally, for the collection of these data was developed an instrument composed of 21 questions helped to measure the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the same and 2 questions of informative data sex and age. For this reason, we intend to put forward different proposals to reduce the number of people infected by this virus, emphasizing the education of the new generations on the subject and thus to inculcate and maintain safe sexual behaviors that help prevent HIV AIDS.