%0 Journal Article %T Elevaci車n de los conocimientos sobre virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana y sida en reclusos de la Prisi車n Kilo 8 de Pinar del R赤o Increase of knowledge on the human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS in prisoners of Prison Kilo 8 from Pinar del R赤o %A Luis Vivas Bombino %A Juan Carlos Curbelo Fajardo %A Julio C谷sar Camero Mach赤n %A Miriam Luis Martinez %J MEDISAN %D 2013 %I Centro Provincial de Ciencias M谷dicas %X Introducci車n: en la conducta sexual influyen varios factores, tales como: personalidad individual, clase social, moral vigente en los entornos social y familiar. Objetivo: ampliar los conocimientos sobre VIH/sida en reclusos de la Prisi車n Kilo 8 de Pinar del R赤o. M谷todos: se efectu車 un estudio de intervenci車n educativa en 70 individuos de 20-30 a os, pertenecientes a la Prisi車n Kilo 8 de Pinar del R赤o, desde enero hasta julio del 2011. La investigaci車n se dise 車 en 3 etapas, seg迆n el protocolo general del Programa de Intervenci車n Comunitaria (diagn車stico inicial, intervenci車n y diagn車stico final). Para el an芍lisis comparativo se emple車 la prueba de Ji al cuadrado. Resultados: inicialmente, exist赤an dificultades en el nivel de conocimientos sobre conceptos, v赤as de transmisi車n y principales conductas de riesgo, pero una vez concluida la intervenci車n educativa, se obtuvieron cambios significativos, pues 97,1 % identificaron el VIH/sida y reconocieron las medidas de prevenci車n; 98,5 % conoc赤an las conductas de riesgo; 95,7 % dominaban las v赤as de transmisi車n y todos expresaron la necesidad de usar el cond車n. Conclusiones: se demostr車 la efectividad de la instrucci車n realizada, la cual permiti車 desarrollar pr芍cticas para evitar la adquisici車n del VIH/sida, as赤 como tener una sexualidad sana y segura. Introduction: several factors, such as: individual personality, social status, moral in the social and family environments influence the sexual behaviour. Objective: to increase the knowledge on HIV/AIDS in prisoners of the Prison Kilo 8 from Pinar del R赤o. Methods: a study of educational intervention was carried out in 70 prisoners between 20-30 years, belonging to the Prison Kilo 8 of Pinar del R赤o, from January to July, 2011. The investigation was designed in 3 stages, according to the general protocol of the Community Intervention Program (initial diagnosis, intervention and final diagnosis). For the comparative analysis the chi-square test was used. Results: initially, difficulties were found in the level of knowledge on concepts, transmission ways and main risky behaviours, but once the educational intervention was concluded, significant changes were obtained, because 97.1% identified HIV/aids and they recognized the prevention measures; 98.5% knew the risky behaviours; 95.7% knew about the transmission ways and all expressed the necessity to use the condom. Conclusions: the effectiveness of the instruction carried out was demonstrated, which allowed to develop practices to avoid the infection by HIV/aids, as well as to have a healthy and safe sexuality. %K recluso %K VIH/sida %K nivel de conocimiento %K intervenci車n educativa %K programa educativo %K Prisi車n Kilo-8 %K prisoner %K HIV/aids %K level of knowledge %K educational intervention %K educational program %K Prison Kilo-8 %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1029-30192013000400005