Céspedes GLR, Pupo CY, Céspedes GMP, Ramírez CRA, Ballester RRF

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: the diseases transmitted by sexual intercourse, called sexually transmitted diseases (STD), are known since ancient times. They are mentioned in writings of Platoon, Aristotle and Hippocrates, and Moses alludes to their contagiousness in the Old Testament. 1 These infections are closely related with the human behaviour, for this reason it is worthwhile to emphasize the character of this phenomenon.
Objective: to design a plan of actions whose implementation will allow to solve the insufficiencies detected in the students and turn them into changing agents in their community.
Method: it was performed an intervention study in the academic course 2013-2014, with the aim to characterize the students of Medicine according to their behaviour on the STDs. The universe of study was integrated by the 33 Medicine students of the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Granma. For the initial diagnostic it was applied an anonymous survey with the purpose to obtain the general data like age, sex, year of the course, birth place and the data in regards to the STDs´ knowledge, sexual behaviour and suffering from these infections.
Results: although the sample was not representative, the expressed ideas by the surveyed students showed that in spite of the curricular contents received and the actions that were fully developed in this respect, they had a low level of knowledge on STDs, low risk perception and a non- responsible sexual behaviour, what made them susceptible to contract these infections. From the professional point of view, they still do not have the sufficient tools to act like health promoters in their community.
Conclusions: it will be designed an action plan whose implementation will allow to solve the insufficiencies detected in the students, turning them into changing agents in their community, at the time of offering them the necessary qualification in a way that they can perform with quality and efficiency, the community educational intervention.

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