Nutritional status, knowledge in nutrition and sexually transmitted infections of students, parents and collaborators of schools in the field of Floriano-PI

Abstract

In the treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections, the Testing and Counseling Centers stand out as health services articulated with the other SUS services and represent a strategy to promote equity of access and diagnosis of various types of infections. In the city of Floriano-PI where this research was conducted, it was found that the residents of the countryside were unaware of the work carried out by the CTA of the city. Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status, knowledge in nutrition and sexually transmitted infections of students, parents and collaborators of rural schools in Floriano-PI. Methodology: This was an intervention study conducted in five rural schools and the variables were collected through questionnaires. The educational action with the students discussed topics such as healthy eating and prevention of sexually transmitted infections. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS v.26 software and p< 0.05 were considered significant. Results: Participants were 103 students, 25 parents and 37 employees. The mean age of the students was 14.04, of the parents was 36.00 and of the collaborators of 40.16 years. There was a prevalence of overweight among employees (45.9%) and a low prevalence among parents (23.9%). Among the students, thinness prevailed (17.5%). Low knowledge in nutrition was observed among parents (72%) and collaborators (80.6%). There was no improvement in nutrition knowledge among students after the educational action (p=0.628). There was a predominance of good lifestyle among employees (81.1%) and regular lifestyle among parents (100%). There was a negative and significant correlation between the parents' lifestyle and socioeconomic class (r=-0.456 and p=0.029). Regarding knowledge about sexually transmitted infections, it was found that the response pattern to the questionnaire was different only between students and collaborators, with stress of 0.15 and p<0.01. The prevalence of overweight among parents and collaborators was lower than the national data in the state of Piauí and, among the students, the prevalence of thinness was higher than the national data for the northeast region. Conclusion: The three groups studied presented low knowledge in nutrition and there was no change in the pattern of response about STI or knowledge in nutrition among the students after the educational action. The parents of students with lower socioeconomic classification had a better lifestyle.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevenIIImulti2023-256