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ANCCO, Vidnay Noel Valero; VALDIVIA, Gabriela Cornejo; ARISACA, Blademir Cusi  y  DIAZ, Everth Jesús Sánchez. Sexual behavior in the Altiplano, a study with university students. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2022, vol.5, n.14, pp.419-431.  Epub 22-Jun-2022. ISSN 2664-3243.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v5i14.157.

Currently, several public health problems affect nations, such as teenage pregnancies, the beginning of sexual life at an early age, the massive use of social networks and their influence on adolescents and young people, the latter becoming a danger for sexual and reproductive education. Objective. to determine the characteristics and factors that influence sexual and reproductive behavior in university students of the Peruvian Altiplano (AP). Materials and Methods. The study sample consisted of 202 male and female students selected under a non-probabilistic criterion. The instrument used was a 20-item questionnaire that allowed characterizing the sexual behavior of the sample. Results. They reveal that in the AP the onset of SAV occurs mostly at 18 years of age, the main factor of abstention being not feeling ready. In addition, the factors that influence the onset of SAV are sex, family structure, and sources of information. It was also found that males tend to be more promiscuous than females, and that there is a greater consumption of alcoholic beverages during sexual intercourse in males. Conclusions. The AP university students, especially women, have a late onset of SAV, being influential factors the formal information on sexuality that they receive, and family functionality as a predictor of late onset of SAV.

Palabras clave : Sexual behavior; Sexual education; Sexual initiation; Human reproduction; Family Medicine.

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