Prevención de violencia de género en los estudiantes del bachillerato de la Unidad Educativa Vicente Anda Aguirre periodo abril-julio 2019

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to implement an educational program for the prevention on gender-based violence aimed at young men and women from “Vicente Anda Aguirre” high school. This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study. A survey was applied to determine knowledge, attitudes and practices in a sample of 177 adolescents, before and after the educational intervention. Taking into account the general characteristics of the study group It was found that 71% of male gender, were predominant in an average age of 16 years. In relation to gender–based violence knowledge, it was found that before the intervention, 20% was known to them and 36% that there is physical, psychological and sexual violence; After the intervention, the percentages increased to 74% and 69% respectively. When investigating what kind of attitude they would take towards an act of violence, it was determined that before the intervention 16% would report it, this percentage increased to 50%. With respect to resorting to any type of violence by students, the most relevant data showed that initially 5% exercised physical manifestations such as blows, pushes, hair pulling , 71% practiced psychological abuse resulting in insults, teasing and screaming , while 6% mentioned sexually harassment onto their partners, these percentages, despite not being very significant, decreased after the intervention. It is concluded that the educational prevention program allowed to increase knowledge and improve certain attitudes