Sexual and contraceptive knowledge, habits and attitudes among first-year students at the University of Buenos Aires medical programs.

  • Bjørkheim, Anders Sundstøl
Publication date
January 2015

Abstract

Sexual and contraceptive habits, attitudes and knowledge are factors that are tightly intertwined with some of the most important challenges in global health today. They are central both to the fight against HIV/AIDS, family planning and the improvement of maternal health, which are specifically manifested in the UN Millennium Development Goals. This papers deals with such issues among a specific study population, namely 505 first-year students at the programs of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Buenos Aires, aged 19 to 24. Such a population is an interesting study object not merely because these are people about to enter into medical careers, but also because of several negative developments in Argentina, for example when it co...

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