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Intervention strategy on sexual education in university students

Abstract:

Preventive strategies for sexual and reproductive health have become a public health priority, a large number of young people have sexual behaviors that compromise their lives, hence not only health systems must respond to this situation, but also different community organizations, which in addition to the health problems that may arise from these inappropriate behaviors, considerably increase the cost of health care. After the intervention, in all the items explored, a higher score was obtained in the study group than in the control group, with statistical significance p<0.005. Likewise, the study group, after the intervention, significantly improved their mean scores (general score: 131.7; 95% CI: 128.9-134.5), p<0.001. Positive associations were shown between receiving sex education and better understanding of various sexual risk behaviors, knowledge, motivation and skills, giving young people information to make responsible decisions about their sexual lives.