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Level of knowledge about prevention of sexually transmitted infections and attitudes towards risky sexual behaviors in students of the professional nursing school of the 1st cycle of the Norbert Wiener Private University, 2020
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2022-09-30) Quispe Paez, Johana Estefany; Cárdenas de Fernández, María Hilda
Objective: "To determine the relationship between the level of knowledge about STIs and attitudes toward risky sexual behaviors in students of the 1st cycle of the Professional Nursing School at Norbert Wiener Private University, 2020." Materials and methods: This research is quantitative, descriptive in nature. The methodological design is cross-sectional, non-experimental. The population consisted of 128 students from the first cycle, morning shift, of the Nursing School at UPNW 2020 - I. The data collection instrument used for the first variable was a questionnaire on the level of knowledge for the prevention of STIs, where each correct answer was worth 1 point, while an incorrect answer was worth 0 points. For the second variable, attitudes, a Likert scale with 15 items was used, along with five levels of response intensity (Strongly agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, and Strongly disagree). Each level was assigned a score of 5, 4, 2, 3, and 1, respectively. If a positive behavior was indicated by a negative result, an inverse scoring method was applied. Results: Regarding the level of knowledge about STIs, of the 100% (n=128) of the surveyed students, 53% had medium knowledge, 24.6% had high knowledge, and 15.4% had low knowledge. Regarding attitudes toward risky sexual behaviors, among the nursing students of the 1st cycle at the Nursing School of Norbert Wiener Private University, it was found that the Neutral" attitude was the most prevalent, with 64.8%, followed by a slight tendency toward rejection at 26.6%, and acceptance at 8.6%.