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Table 3 Facilitators in terms of systematization axes

From: Barriers and facilitators for safe sex behaviors in students from universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) through the COM-B model

Systematization axis

Code

Facilitators

Perceptions about sex education and sexual health

F1

Implementing sexual health campaigns at all levels.

F2

Indicate appointments with a midwife as the best informative opportunity.

F3

Have a smartphone app to access reliable information.

F4

Promote the use of condoms to prevent pregnancy.

F5

Organize STI prevention activities for all groups and ages.

F6

Indicate midwives as sources of information.

F7

Normalize asking for STI screening without prejudice, offense, or taboos, both for oneself and one’s partner.

F8

Create a counseling service pre- and post-HIV-test.

F9

Create safe points for obtaining condoms at events for all genders, with instructions for use.

F10

Offer strategies to talk with friends about the importance of screening.

F11

Increase women’s empowerment to talk about the use of condoms.

F12

Show how to use penis or vaginal condoms.

F13

Use illustrated instructions next to dispensers to show the correct way to use condoms

F14

To increase training regarding the female condom

Risk behaviors in sexuality

F15

Increase the affective responsibility for sex among young people.

F16

Encourage being assertive in requesting potential partners’ negative tests for STIs.

Evaluation of STI/HIV prevention campaigns

F17

That campaigns offer a comprehensive view of sexuality beyond penetration: emotional and responsible.

F18

That the role of pleasure in sexuality is underscored as a fundamental part of people’s lives.

F19

That campaigns are simple, informative, and free of prejudice.

F20

That campaigns show the flexibility of condoms.

F21

Capacity to verbalize HIV + status.

F22

That speaking about sexual rights and reproductive health in campaigns is easy.

F23

That campaigns with updated content are offered.

F24

That campaigns acknowledge the mismatch between sexual practices and sexual orientation.

F25

That campaigns break apart from the heteronormative logic of sex.

F26

That campaigns offer information about risk behaviors even when in a monogamous relationship.

F27

That campaigns do not fall into prejudice when informing about the risk of some sexual practices.

F28

That campaigns are addressed based on social responsibility.

F29

That campaigns have a design that promotes adherence (for example, gamification elements)

F30

That spaces for accessing information are people-friendly.

F31

That campaigns offer concrete information and responses for each person.

F32

That campaigns are not only centered on HIV (also addressing other STIs).

F33

That campaigns focus on skills for self-care.

F34

That campaigns offer models to identify with.