Diseño de estrategia de intervención educativa sobre factores higiénico sanitarios para la prevención de la infección por Helicobacter Pylori en adultos jóvenes, Abras La Nube, Guano, Enero a junio 2016.

Abstract

Inadequate management of sanitary factors in the population predisposes people to infections by several pathogens, such as Helicobacter pylori causing damage to the mucosal surface of the stomach. The research aimed to design an educational intervention strategy on hygienic health factors in the prevention of Helicobacter pylori infection in young adults in the Abras la Nube community from January to June 2016. A descriptive, correlational, Transversal to the universe of 70 young adults of the Abras la Nube community from January to June 2016. An interview with questionnaire validated by experts was applied. The data were analyzed with SPSS and for the relationship between the variables chi-square and Fisher were used with a level of significance of 95% (p <0.05). The age group of 20-24 years old (48.5%), female sex (74.3%), primary education level (58.6%), other occupations (34.3%) predominated. The prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori infection was 35.7%. Prevalence of unsatisfactory knowledge on sanitary factors in 72.8%. A statistically significant relationship was observed between occupational knowledge (0.048), educational level (0.03) and disinfection of drinking water (0.002). There was no significant relationship with the rest of the study variables. It is concluded that knowledge about sanitary factors is unsatisfactory, so the strategy of educational intervention is timely and necessary in this population to raise awareness on this subject.