Caracterización del nivel de información sobre ITS/VIH/sida en adolescentes de la escuela secundaria básica "José Luis Arru？ada"

introduction: in cuba, the national program for prevention and control of sexual transmission infections and hiv/aids was started from 1986 with the fundamental objective of avoid that process of infection-disease became a significant health problem for cuba population. objective: to characterize the level of information that on sti/hiv/aids have the adolescents from the "josé luis arru？ada" basic school of the plaza municipality during 2009. methods: a descriptive and observational study was conducted in a group of adolescents. universe includes 180 of them, applying the study to a sample including 121 participants to know their level of information on the study diseases, y application of a questionnaire. results: a total of 115 adolescents had knowledges on sexual transmission infections(sti) for a 95.04 %, the more recognized information sources were the family in 112 for a 92.56 % and the school in 75 for 61.98 %. the more identified stis by them were: hiv/aids 116 for a 95.86 %, gonorrhea 108 for a 85.25 % and syphilis 101 for a 83.47 % and the less recognized were the vaginalis gardnerella 4, soft chancre 11, chlamydia 13, monilia 19 and trichomoniasis 26 for a 3.30 %, 9.09 %, 10.74 %, 15.70 % and a 21.48 %, respectively. from the polled adolescents 51 considered the possibilities of sexual transmission infections are significant in the oral sex, for a 41,14 %, 119 polled adolescents declared to have notions on the safe intercourse for a 98.34 % and included in the variants was the use of condom. conclusions: the adolescents had a suitable level of information on some of the study diseases.