Nivelul cunoştinţelor legate de educaţia sexuală în rândul elevilor din clasele a-VII-a şi a-VIII-a din mediul urban şi rural | [The level of knowledge concerning sexual education issues among school pupils in classes VII and VIII from urban and rural...]

Abstract

Sex education should currently be included as a compulsory subject in schools. A prospective, descriptive study was initiated and aimed to assess the level of knowledge of 100 students in the seventh and eighth grades in rural and urban environments, concerning sexual education issues. The answer analysis revealed an increased knowledge level and frequency of dialogues on these subjects in pupils in urban areas compared to rural ones. Contraceptive methods commonly mentioned are condoms (girls and boys in urban) followed by pills; in rural areas, girls and boys know better the pill and then condoms (girls) and both equally (boys) . The presence of sexually transmitted disease (STD) is known, and girls in urban and boys in both urban and rural areas know that contraception can be used both for avoiding pregnancy and preventing the occurrence of a sexually transmitted disease, a little-known aspect to girls in rural areas.