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Sexual Behavior: Challenges in Prevention and Control Among Medical Students in Mexico
In Brief
An observational study evaluating Survey for Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Completed, enrolled 519 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This study aims to identify factors that influence students to undertake or not sexually transmitted diseases screening tests and to have an actual outlook of how Mexican university students live their sexual life. Moreover, the investigators aim to identify potential epidemiological risks and challenges to achieve adequate prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases in this population. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at a private university in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, from December 2019 to April 2020.
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A survey was conducted, which was filled voluntarily and completely anonymously; the demographic data asked were: sex, age, religion, and semester. We included questions about their sexual behavior: if they considered having enough knowledge about STDs, sexual intercourse onset, number of sexual partners in the last year, the total number of sexual partners, sexual orientation, the use of condoms and contraceptives, exclusive or non-exclusive sexual intercourses, frequency of STDs screening, and then if they know the location of STD testing centers.