Sexual Knowledge and Attitudes in Students of the Faculty of Health Sciences of a University in Huancayo, Peru-2023

The objective was to determine the relationship between sexual knowledge and attitudes in students of the Faculty of Health Sciences of a university in Huancayo in 2023. A quantitative approach was used as the methodology. In addition, it was a basic type of research, which applied an observational, cross-sectional, and correlational research method, with a non-experimental design. The population consisted of all students in the health area, from which a sample of 361 university students was obtained, to whom two questionnaires were applied according to the variables. For the knowledge variable, there were 18 items, while the attitude variable consisted of 31 items, both with a Likert scale. A significant and positive correlation between the sexual knowledge and attitudes variables in Health Sciences students evidenced this. Likewise, a medium level of knowledge was found, represented by 36.9%; and a low level of attitude, represented by 33.7%. In conclusion, it was possible to establish the relationship between knowledge and sexual attitudes in students with a correlation of r=0.129 and a significance of p=0.013, which shows a significant and positive relationship between the variables.