Idade e uso de preservativo na iniciação sexual de adolescentes brasileiros

Abstract

RESULTS:In 2005, 61.6% of young interviewees had practiced sex and the average age for fi rst intercourse was 14.9, with no signifi cant difference to young interviewees in 1998. Condom use during fi rst sexual intercourse increased signifi cantly in both stable relationships (48.5% in 1998 vs. 67.7% in 2005) and casual relationships (47.2% in 1998 vs. 62.6% in 2005) across almost all segments. There were differences by gender, skin color and schooling for both age of fi rst sexual intercourse and condom use, as per fi ndings in 1998. Decreases in condom use for young people who were sexually active before the age of 14, across all types of partnerships, were marked in the Southeast region and for people with more schooling. CONCLUSIONS:As in other countries, there was a trend towards the stabilizing of the age of fi rst sexual intercourse for young people aged 15 to 19. The postponement of the fi rst sexual intercourse is more frequent among youth with more years of schooling, a theme that should be discussed in the planning of sexual education and STI prevention initiatives for adolescents. In terms of reductions in vulnerability to HIV, the increase in condom use at fi rst sexual intercourse is both relevant and signifi cant.

Conhecimento sobre a transmissão de HIV/AIDS entre adolescentes com 11 anos de idade do Sul do Brasil

“…According to data from 2008, adolescents who reported having more sexual partners in general had high knowledge about how to prevent STDs and mentioned a more frequent use of condoms, compared to other age groups. This last result was similar to that found by Paiva et al (2008) 1 , who also assessed national data from the study entitled "Comportamento Sexual e Percepções da População Brasileira Sobre HIV/Aids" (Sexual Behavior and Perceptions of HIV/ AIDS among the Brazilian Population), conducted between 1998 and 2005. However, when comparing the results of the latter study* from 1998 with the 2008 PCAP information about the use of male condoms in the first sexual intercourse in adolescents aged 15-24 years, the prevalence of such use increased from 52.8% to 60.9%, thus showing that this practice is still low among adolescents**.…”

Reprodução na juventude: perfis sociodemográficos, comportamentais e reprodutivos na PNDS 2006

“…Access to better education, better living conditions and greater opportunity would favor increased options during youth trajectories. 8,10,13 In the absence of these structural and infl uencing conditions, pregnancy, although unplanned, constitutes a life plan and not an absence of planning, as found in the present study.…”

“…Studies that explore this behavior have observed the same relationship. 8,10,13 Sexual and reproductive behaviors appear to be infl uenced by structural opportunities and by cultural norms. Poorer and less educated women had a lower percentage The results on sources for contraception show that women of lower social status have a greater dependency on the Public Health System (SUS) in order to meet their reproductive rights.…”

Representação Social das Relações Sexuais: um Estudo Transgeracional entre Mulheres

“…Conforme pode ser observado na Tabela 1, a maioria das adolescentes afirmou ter vida sexual ativa, corroborando dados apresentados na literatura que caracterizam o início da vida sexual entre os 15 e 19 anos (Paiva, Calazans, Venturi, & Dias, 2008 Verificou-se nas mulheres de meia-idade um dado preocupante e que merece atenção que são as dificuldades apresentadas por elas, principalmente considerando que as mesmas influenciam na relação dessas mulheres. Portanto, surge também a necessidade de se investigar se essas dificuldades estão de alguma forma relacionada com a insatisfação da relação sexual, representada por 50% das mulheres, uma vez que a mulher na meia-idade está vivenciando o período de climatério, que é a transição do período reprodutivo para um não reprodutivo.…”