Educational intervention managed by specialists in community nursing to modify risk factors for vulvovaginitis in adolescents

Abstract

Introduction: Vaginal infections represent, in medical practice, a common health problem

in our environment.

Objective: to assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention managed by specialists in community nursing to modify risk factors for vulvovaginitis in adolescents.

Method: a quasi-experimental study was carried out during the year 2020 with adolescents from 12 to 19 years of age from the clinic 15 of the Mataguá polyclinic. The study population consisted of 48 adolescents, the variables were analyzed: age, overcrowding, study in boarding schools, level of knowledge of the adolescents before and after the intervention, form of genital cleaning and the results were taken. to tables and graphs after processing.

Results: The predominant age was 12-14 years, most of the adolescents lived in overcrowding and attended boarding schools, a high number stated that they had not received prior information on the subject, before the intervention the majority they slept accompanied, they washed their genitals incorrectly, and they did not know how often it was done. After applying the educational intervention, the level of knowledge about these aspects increased.

Conclusions: the educational intervention was satisfactory, reaching significant differences in the level of knowledge before and after it. It is recommended to extend it to the rest of the study universe and apply the procedures carried out in this research to other adolescents whose knowledge needs could be similar.