What teens know the public basic education about HPV

Authors

  • Maria Vanária Nascimento Universidade Federal do Piauí
  • Iael Souza Universidade Federal do Piauí
  • Maria do Socorro Meireles de Deus Universidade Federal do Piauí
  • Ana Paula Peron Universidade Federal do Piauí

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0367.2013v34n2p229

Keywords:

HPV, School, Teens.

Abstract

In a study conducted in 17 schools of public schools in the city of Picos, state of Piauí, with students from third year of high school, focusing on the issue of HPV - once sexually transmitted diseases are prevalent in adolescence and facilitates the contamination by this STD - found that most respondents do not hold enough knowledge about this disease and that the schools in question are not meeting the expectations that are granted by the company, developing projects and training activities, information on preventive health, sexuality and sexual orientation. The study also exposes the neglect of public health in the municipality of peaks in the state of Piauí, and the emergence of organization and mobilization for interventions within the public agencies and public schools.

Author Biographies

Maria Vanária Nascimento, Universidade Federal do Piauí

Acadêmica do Curso de Ciências Biológicas

Iael Souza, Universidade Federal do Piauí

Mestre em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Professora  assistente na Universidade Federal do Piauí

Maria do Socorro Meireles de Deus, Universidade Federal do Piauí

Mestrado em Botânica pela Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE. Professora da Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Senador Helvídio Nunes de Barros, Picos - Piauí.

Ana Paula Peron, Universidade Federal do Piauí

Doutora em Genética e Melhoramento pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Professora Adjunto I da Universidade Federal do Piauí.

Published

2013-12-19

How to Cite

1.
Nascimento MV, Souza I, Meireles de Deus M do S, Peron AP. What teens know the public basic education about HPV. Semin. Cienc. Biol. Saude [Internet]. 2013 Dec. 19 [cited 2024 Aug. 24];34(2):229-38. Available from: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminabio/article/view/13396

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