Percepciones culturales de anticonceptivos de los adolescentes en los colegios rurales del cantón Azogues, período septiembre 2019 - febrero 2020

Abstract

Background: Cultural perception constitutes a transcendental element in the daily decision-making process of the human being, even more so if it is about sexual life that has rooted social, cultural, religious prejudices, etc., determining its development. However, aware of the cultural dynamics, we seek to determine the current influence factors when considering the use of contraceptives in adolescents in the rural high school of Cantan Azogues - Cañar. 2019.

Objective: To describe the cultural perceptions about contraception in high school adolescents in the rural schools of Cantan Azogues.

Materials and Methods: lt is a quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional investigation, with 258 high school students from the rural schools of Cantan Azogues, determined by probabilistic sampling; 95% reliability; The value given to cultural factors in the choice of contraceptive methods was determined by means of a survey and sociodemographic test.

Results: 56.6% give greater importance to the advice of health professionals and consider that culture does not influence their decision on contraceptive methods; 7 .4% have used their first contraceptive at age 15; 18.2% have used the condom; 75.2% consider that the decision on the method to be used is personal.

Conclusions: The vertiginous social dynamics generates changes that displace cultural components and their influence on human decisions, especially in young people and their development in sexuality.