• Carolina Venegas C, Josefa Lizarrague F, Carla Olivares C, Paola Alarcón H, Maira Escobar R, and Tatiana Bernales H.
• Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
• Rev Med Chil. 2022 Mar 1; 150 (3): 295-301.

BackgroundThere is an increase in HIV/AIDS transmission rates world-wide Aim: To explore obstacles and facilitators in the use of barrier methods for the prevention of HIV/AIDS among Chilean young people between 20 and 29 years of age.Material And MethodsDuring the second semester of the year 2020, 134 young Chileans answered an online questionnaire with open-ended questions about barrier methods. A qualitative methodology that considered the main techniques of grounded theory for data analysis was used.ResultsThere are individual, interpersonal, sociocultural, and structural factors that operate as obstacles and facilitators for the use of barrier methods to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS.ConclusionsThere are culturally embedded beliefs among young people, such as, a perception of invulnerability caused by not being part of risk groups, among others, that affect self-care.

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