Social determinants that condition early sexual activity of adolescents

• Autor: Fernández Tapia, Sonia Benita
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad de Huánuco
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad de Huánuco
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.localhost:article/77
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.udh.edu.pe/index.php/RPCS/article/view/194e
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: humanos; adolescente; salud reproductiva; estudios transversales; amigos; madres; abuso físico; modelos lineales; determinantes sociales de la salud; salud sexual; enfermedades de transmisión sexual; comportamiento de anticoncepción; estudiantes; encuestas y cuestionariosx; encuestas y cuestionarios; hábitos; estado educativo; agentes anticonceptivos; Humans; Adolescent; Reproductive Health; Cross-Sectional Studies; Friends; Mothers; Physical Abuse; Linear Models; Social Determinants of Health; Sexual Health; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Contraception Behavior; Students; Surveys and Questionnaires; Habits; Educational Status; Contraceptive Agents; saúde humana; saúde reprodutiva; estudos transversais; mães; modelos lineares; determinantes sociais da saúde; saúde sexual; doenças sexualmente transmissíveis; comportamento contraceptivo; estudantes; pesquisas e questionários; status educacional; agentes contraceptivos

Objective. To analyze the social determinants that condition early sexual activity of adolescents. Methods. Quantitative, descriptive, explanatory and cross-sectional study. The sample comprised 254 students between 14 and 18 years of age. A questionnaire was applied to them. It evaluated the personal, family and contextual dimensions and the initiation of sexual activity. For the analysis of the relationship between variables, chi-square statistical test and multiple linear regression model were used. Results. Personal conditioning factors, age of sexual initiation, lack of contraceptive use, and little knowledge of the signs and symptoms of sexually transmitted infections were identified. Among determinants related to their families, level of education of their parents, support from their mothers, and verbal and physical violence appear to have a significant association. Along with the lack of habit of going to health services, television programs and friends appear as the ones that most promote the initiation of early sexual activity. Conclusions. Personal, family and contextual are determinants that significantly influence initiation of adolescent sexual activity, affecting their sexual and reproductive health.