Abstract

PINHEIRO FILHO, Tadeu Rodriguez de Carvalho et al. Análise do conhecimento sobre DSTs e planejamento familiar entre deficientes auditivos e ouvintes de uma escola pública de Fortaleza. Rev. bras. educ. espec. [online]. 2010, vol.16, n.01, pp.137-150. ISSN 1413-6538.

According to the WHO, there were close to 278 million deaf people in the world in 2005. Most of them have no access to education services related to sex education, which makes them quite vulnerable to early pregnancy and infection by sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)/AIDS. This study aimed to analyze the knowledge public school students with and without hearing impairment, had about family planning and STDs. This is a cross-sectional comparative study in which 149 students from a public school were divided into 2 groups: 98 hearing students and 51 deaf students. They answered a questionnaire with questions about family planning and STDs. The data were analyzed using EPI INFO and considered significant when p <0.05. RESULTS: 50.00% of the deaf students answered that there is a cure for AIDS against 25.30% of the hearing students; 92.90% of hearing students while 43.10% of the deaf students reported that condom use protects against AIDS/STDs. The majority of the hearing students (97.90%) said they would go to a health clinic if an injury typical of sexually transmitted diseases appeared, against 47.10% of the deaf students. The data presented suggest that there is a lack of information about this subject content among young people with hearing impairments.

Keywords : Special Education; Deaf students; Sexually Transmitted Disease; Family Planning.

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