Abstract
A cross-sectional study was conducted to measure the prevalence of condom use in the last sexual intercourse and associated factors among university students. Undergraduate students from a public university aged 18 and over of the Rio Grande (RS) campuses were eligible. A systematic single-stage sampling was used, based on class lists and self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariable analyses were employed, with Poisson regression for the latter two. Most of the 1,215 university students included in the analysis were aged 20 to 29 (65.6%) and 69.3% began their sexual life before the age of 18. The prevalence of condom use in the last intercourse was 41.5% (95%CI: 38.7-44.3). Male gender, lower age group, condom use at first sexual intercourse, older age of onset of sexual activity, not having a partner and casual partner in the last sexual intercourse increased the likelihood of condom use.
Highlights
Issues such as transmission and infection from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and acquired immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are of concern when it comes to people sexual and reproductive health
In Brazil, the main preventive strategy of the National AIDS Coping Policy is the use of condoms, but a decreased trend in its use, especially among young people was noted, they are the population segment with the highest proportion of use[4]
One of the indicators used in global reports to measure the prevalence of condom use is the use of condoms at the last sexual intercourse[24]
Summary
Issues such as transmission and infection from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and acquired immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are of concern when it comes to people sexual and reproductive health. The World Health Organization[1] estimates 500 million new cases of curable STDs each year. By 2013, the number of new HIV infections worldwide reached 2.1 million[2]. Global data indicate that around one third of the global burden of diseases in women of childbearing age is attributed to complications related to sexual and reproductive health[3]. The university population consists mostly of young people with active sexual lives who are one of the groups vulnerable to negative outcomes for sexual and reproductive health[5]
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