Author:

• Angelica Espinosa Miranda - Miranda, A.E. - Vitória, Espírito Santo - Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - <espinosa@ndi.ufes.br>

Co-author(s):

• Denis Ribeiro - Ribeiro, D. - Departamento de DST, Aids e Hepatites Virais, Ministério da Saúde - <denis.ribeiro@saude.gov.br>
• Erika Fazito Rezende - Rezende, E.F. - Departamento de DST, Aids e Hepatites Virais, Ministério da Saúde - <erika.fazito@aids.gov.br>
• Gerson Fernando Mendes Pereira - Pereira, G.F.M. - Departamento de DST, Aids e Hepatites Virais, Ministério da Saúde - <gerson.pereira@aids.gov.br>
• Valdir Monteiro Pinto - Pinto, Valdir Monteiro - São Paulo, São Paulo - Departamento de DST, Aids e Hepatites Virais, Ministério da Saúde - <vmpinto@usp.br>
• Valeria Saraceni - Saraceni, V. - Secretaria Municipal de Saúde e Defesa Civil do Rio de Janeiro - <valsaraceni@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7360-6490

Thematic Area:

Epidemiologia

Abstract:

Our goal was to describe knowledge of military draftees, at enlistment in the Brazilian Army, related to STD by schooling. A self-administered questionnaire with demographic and clinic aspects, knowledge of transmission, sexual behavior and preferred access to STD information was applied in a representative national sample, 2007. Variables associated with lower schooling were: being 19-20 years old [OR=1.2(95%CI:1.18-1.32)]; beliefs of STD transmission by eating contaminated food [OR=2.2(95%CI:1,96-2.55)], by bathing in rivers/beaches [OR=1.5(95%CI:1.27-1.88)], by mosquito bites [OR=1.5(95%CI:1.38-1.65)], and by having sexual intercourse <=14 years old [OR=1.4 (95%CI:1.33-1.55)]. Variables inversely associated to lower schooling were: being white [OR=0.9 (95%CI:0.82-0.91)]; knowing the infection was due to sharing of syringes/needles [OR=0.7(95%CI: 0.62-0.78)]; mother-to-child transmission [OR=0.6(95%CI:0.58-0.69)]; having used a condom in the last sexual intercourse [OR=0.8(95%CI:0.71-0.85)]; being MSM [OR=0.7(95% CI: 0.60-0.92)]; and knowing that having sex without condoms increases the risk of transmission [OR=0.4 (95%CI:0,37-0,51)]. Given the association of lower schooling with erroneous knowledge about STD, education policies designed to access this population is need because they are more vulnerable.

Keywords:

Sexually transmitted diseases knowledge military conscripts lower schooling

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