%0 Journal Article %T Infecciones de transmisi¨®n sexual en Colombia: an¨¢lisis basado en la Encuesta Nacional de Salud - a£¿o 2007 %A Arrivillaga-Quintero %A Marcela %A Zapata-Ossa %A Helmer %A Tovar-Cuevas %A Luis Miguel %A Correa-S¨¢nchez %A Diego %A Varela-Ar¨¦valo %A Mar¨ªa Teresa %A Hoyos-Hern¨¢ndez %A Paula Andrea %J Revista Gerencia y Pol¨ªticas de Salud %D 2011 %I Pontificia Universidad Javeriana %X the aim of this study was to analyze the diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases (std) according to self-reporting by a sample of colombian adult population. a secondary source analysis was carried out using data of the national health survey-2007. the sample consisted of 29,760 persons between ages 18 and 69. at national level, a self-reported diagnosis of std of 0.6% was found; the highest percentages occurred in the pacific and atlantic regions, and the lowest in bogot¨¢. findings showed that women (or=1.7), adults in the 18 24 age range (or=11.9), and population affiliated to the subsidized regime (or=2.1) were more likely to report std diagnosis. social determinants linked to the socio-economic position, poverty, access to health services and the roles of gender must be taken into consideration when analyzing stds in colombia. %K sexually transmitted diseases %K poverty %K health services %K colombia %K sexual and reproductive health %K risk conducts %K sociodemographic variables %K socioeconomic variables %K logistic regression %K local action strategic planning. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1657-70272011000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en