Sexual health of university students: care practices Among women and men
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https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-7114.2024.48.13868Keywords:
Young adult, gender studies, student health, sexual and reproductive health, health services for students, universitiesAbstract
Objective: comparing sexual health care practices according to the gender of university students. Method: a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. The participants were 601 university students, aged between 18 and 29, from a public higher education institution in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire. The data were analyzed with the aid of the software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, being applied the descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: female students start sexual practices later, seek more health services, and have fewer sexual partners throughout life and in the same period, compared to male students. Men have more frequent use of condoms. Conclusion: in both genders there are risky sexual practices. Sociocultural aspects reverberate health vulnerabilities that need to be addressed.
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