       Document 2109
 DOCN  M94A2109
 TI    Ude and knowledge. An analyses of behavior of female adolescents in an
       urban public health service, as a model--Sao Paulo-Brazil.
 DT    9412
 AU    Takiuti AD; Arnaldo A
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):379 (abstract no. PD0123). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370466
 AB    OBJECTIVE--Analyse the Behavior of Female Adolescents with sexual active
       life, and about the possibilities of be contamined by HIV, and the
       prevention. (Considering only the sexual risk). METHODS--Population:
       Female Adolescents media age--17 years; middle-poor, urbans, living in
       Sao Paulo. RESULTS--Statistics: 47 Adolescents, first sexual
       contact--approximately 15 years, 68% exclusively with their mothers, 69%
       non-working; 19% pregnants. The research was performed by four weeks, in
       a Public Health Post of the Adolescent's Program of the health Secretary
       of Sao Paulo Government, in 1993. RESULTS--The answer to the
       questionnaires were: 73% associate the use of the condom to AIDS
       prevention; 81% don't believe that their partners could infect them; 57%
       don't believe in their partners about the post sexual behavior; 43%
       aren't sure about the possibility of their partners use the condom; 22%
       believe that have more risk of contagious in anal sex; 90% are afraid
       about the AIDS (to be infected); 100% Think that's important to use
       preventive actions; 60% hadn't use condom at the lost sexual act.
       CONCLUSION--According to these data we can feel that the adolescent
       population has special points of view about sex, AIDS, FIDELITY, care,
       and we have to learn with them, to act together with them.
 DE    Adolescence  Brazil/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Condoms/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
       *Developing Countries  Female  Gender Identity  Human  HIV
       Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*TRANSMISSION  *Knowledge,
       Attitudes, Practice  Pregnancy  *Sex Behavior  Urban
       Population/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  MEETING ABSTRACT

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