Rev. Saúde Pública vol.42 suppl.1

The instrument was composed of 16 questions that focused on: a) Youth of respondents: preparation for the initiation of sexual life, main sources of information, knowledge about

of condom in sexual initiation, number of part- ners during life, number of partners in the past 12 months, number of marriages, time since last sexual intercourse, use

The current study focuses on factors associated with sexual initiation and condom use among teenagers on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, accord- ing to gender.. This was

The contraceptive of choice in the first sexual intercourse was condom (85%), while in subsequent sexual intercourses, the most frequently used methods were condom (34%) and

The lack of condom use in sexual relations, the great number of clients attended daily, and the use of inhaled illicit drugs were risk factors for the infection and transmission

Considering age at sexual initiation and type of school, knowledge of emergency contraception was not associated with its use, but knowing someone that had used the method showed

It also estimates the prevalence and confidence intervals (95%CI) of the following variables: sexual initiation; use of contraceptives at last intercourse; use of

Demographic variables, sexual initiation, or number of sexual partners were not associated with HPV prevalence, variety of HPV genotypes or oncogenic types.. Conclusions: he