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. 2020 Sep 21;73(suppl 4):e20190242.
doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0242. eCollection 2020.

Adolescents in situations of poverty: resilience and vulnerabilities to sexually transmitted infections

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Maria Isabelly Fernandes da Costa  1 , Raelson Ribeiro Rodrigues  1 , Rayssa Matos Teixeira  1 , Paulo Henrique Alexandre de Paula  1 , Izaildo Tavares Luna  1 , Patrícia Neyva da Costa Pinheiro  1
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Adolescents in situations of poverty: resilience and vulnerabilities to sexually transmitted infections

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Maria Isabelly Fernandes da Costa et al. Rev Bras Enferm. .
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Abstract

Objective: To analyze the association between vulnerabilities to Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs/HIV/AIDS) of adolescents in poverty and their level of resilience.

Method: Cross-sectional study with 287 students between 11 and 17 years old in a school in the outskirts of Fortaleza-Ce. The study was conducted from August to October 2016. Three instruments related to characterization, vulnerability to STIs/HIV/AIDS and resilience were used. The association between the instruments was calculated using the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Association between vulnerability to STIs/HIV/AIDS and resilience was assessed through the Spearman's correlation coefficient. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05.

Results: There was a significant association between the factors "housing" (p=0.022), "family income" (p=0.037) and vulnerability to STIs/HIV/AIDS. Adolescents whose father has completed high school (p=0.043) have moderately high resilience.

Conclusion: Adolescents with low socioeconomic status and who live on less than a minimum wage tends to be more susceptible to vulnerabilities to STIs/HIV/AIDS and to have low resilience.

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