Percepção de adolescentes em relação à sexualidade e saúde reprodutiva de uma escola pública do município de João Pessoa-PB

Abstract

Discussing issues related to sexuality remains one of the social taboos. The term sexuality takes us to a universe where everything is relative, forbidden or shameful. However, it is in the teenage years that sexuality shows itself more intensely, in which, many young people who are not oriented or inadequately oriented are contaminated by several sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or become pregnant early. Young women with unwanted or early pregnancies drop out of school, contributing to school dropout, so, in this context, the main aim of this work is justified to analyze the profile, regarding sexuality and reproductive health, of adolescents from the final years of middle school enrolled in a public school in the city of João Pessoa (PB). The study was conducted at the school Centro Profissionalizante Deputado Antonio Cabral, located in the neighborhood of Valentina Figueiredo I, with 138 students from the 8th and 9th grade, Middle School. The research instrument was a questionnaire applied in which it was sought to identify and describe the perceptions of the research participants on topics related to sexuality and reproductive health. The questionnaire was carried out with objective and subjective questions. The teenagers even knowing various contraceptive methods and sexually transmitted infections, are not using protection. It is necessary that not only the school reinforces the use of the methods, since it is an important source of educational health information.