Publications by authors named "Temistocles Molina G"
Background: Education on human sexuality was instituted in Eloisa Díaz Campus in 1946. From 2018 an online self-learning general education course on sexuality was started.
Aim: To know the degree of knowledge about sexuality and the perception about the course of 586 students (42% women) who approved the course.
Background: Adolescence is considered a nutritionally vulnerable period of life, since their eating habits are influenced by factors that can promote the consumption of non-nutritious food.
Aim: To analyze the relation between eating habits, obesity, and the perception of Health-Related Quality of Life in school-aged adolescents.
Material And Methods: A cross-sectional study of 550 adolescents aged 16 ± 1 years (60% women) attending a public education institution in Valparaíso, Chile.
Background The use of psychoactive substances among adolescents is a major social and public health concern. Aim To analyze association of substance abuse and multiple drug use with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adolescents attending a high school in Valparaiso, Chile. Material and Methods Analytical cross-sectional study conducted in a sample of adolescents attending high school.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Teenage pregnancy is a psychosocial and multifactorial problem described as a lack of exercise of rights in sexual and reproductive health. There are important aspects in the doctor-patient relationship and confidentiality that directly affect the continuity and quality of care. There are controversies in the laws relating to the provision of contraception and confidentiality, and those that protect the sexual indemnity, especially in adolescents under 14 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) refers to individuals' perception of their subjective well-being, considering various aspects of their life and the impact on their health.
Aim: To analyze gender differences in the HRQOL of adolescent students in Chile, by age, type of school attended, and area of residence.
Material And Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study conducted in a population of 5th and 12th grade students attending municipal, subsidized and private schools in 11 regions of the country.
Background: KIDSCREEN-52, which assesses health related quality of life in adolescents, has been adapted and validated in Chile showing excellent psychometric properties. There is a shorter version of the instrument, whose psychometric properties must be assessed.
Aim: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the instrument KIDSCREEN-27 in Chilean adolescents.
Background: KIDSCREEN-52 is an instrument to assess health related quality of life in children and adolescents.
Aim: To culturally adapt and validate the KIDSCREEN-52 questionnaire in Chileans.
Material And Methods: Two independent translations from the English Spanish language were conciliated and retranslated to English.
Background: Nowadays, adolescent population begins sexual activity earlier, a behavior with negative psychological ana social consequences.
Aim: To determine the association between family factors and early sexual activity in adolescents of low and middle socioeconomic level.
Material And Methods: A sample of 3,210 adolescents, who confidentially requested care in a sexual and reproductive health university center, between 2000 and 2007, was analyzed.
Background: The predetermined gender roles and the emphasis on reproductive responsibility on women, excluding men, have negative consequences on their sexual reproductive health and satisfactory sexual practices.
Aim: To describe and analyze changes in sexual practices and gender differences in adolescents of the lower-middle socioeconomic level, users of public health system who started their sexual activity.
Material And Methods: We studied 4,971 adolescents of both sexes aged between 12 and 19 years, who consulted in a clinic for adolescents between the years 1990 and 2005.
Background: Teenage fecundity rates are an indicator of epidemiological discrimination in developing countries.
Aim: To study fertility rates of girls under 14 years of age in Chile from 1993 to 2003.
Material And Methods: Information of children born alive from mothers aged 10 to 15 years, was obtained from the Chilean National Institute of Statistics.