@article{Salazar Llerena_Cantuñi Carpio_2023, title={Risk behaviors and knowledge of the human papillomavirus (HPV)}, volume={3}, url={https://revista.saludcyt.ar/ojs/index.php/sct/article/view/309}, DOI={10.56294/saludcyt2023309}, abstractNote={<p>Introduction: education about sexually transmitted diseases can be an effective primary prevention strategy against HPV infection and cervical cancer. <br />Objective: to analyse risk behaviours and levels of knowledge about human papillomavirus among seventh-grade students. <br />Methods: the study used a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational, non-experimental, descriptive design to examine the relationship between risk behaviours and knowledge of human papillomavirus (HPV). <br />Results: Male participants reported less knowledge and experience of HPV. Second, knowledge level was an important predictor of risk, with participants answering less than half of the HPV knowledge questions correctly. <br />Conclusions: the results provide a potential knowledge base for future research on sexually vulnerable populations and represent a significant contribution to the nursing profession: despite knowledge of HPV and awareness of condom use as a preventive measure, university students continue to engage in risky sexual behaviour.</p>}, journal={Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología}, author={Salazar Llerena, Lissette Dayana and Cantuñi Carpio, Verónica del Pilar}, year={2023}, month={Mar.}, pages={309} }