HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC IN 2022: A DESCRIPTION ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

Objective: to assess the level of knowledge of university students about HIV/AIDS. Method: exploratory, quantitative-descriptive study, with the university population using an online questionnaire formulated in Google Forms, containing 31 questions about knowledge involving HIV/AIDS. Results: the final sample consisted of 127 analyzed questionnaires, the population being predominantly female (73.2%), white (85.8%), single/legal separation (54.4%), from the areas of biological and health (62.2%), aged between 20 and 25 years, who have an active sex life (81.9%), use condoms during sexual intercourse (63%) and who have not had any STIs (83, 5%). Discussion and Conclusion: most of the participants have knowledge about the forms of transmission and protection, but even so, it was noted that there are occasional doubts, with no association of this knowledge with safe sexual behavior, requiring the construction of new methodologies on sex education.

Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/SIDA). College students. Knowledge. Health education. sexual health.