Sexualidade na Adolescência: Desafios para a Enfermagem na busca da construção de saberes junto aos familiares dos adolescentes

• Autor(a) principal: Machado, Antônia da Conceição Cylindro
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/11160
• topic: Adolescence; Family Members; Sexuality; Nursing; Adolescência; Familiares; Sexualidade; Enfermagem; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEM

Sexuality is a phenomenon present in human life since birth, but it is in adolescence that it is evidenced from the changes that occur in the individual and that involve bio-psycho-social aspects. These changes often generate insecurity and changes in the family context, especially when they involve the handling of sexuality issues. Object of study: The approach of sexuality by family members with adolescents. The objectives were: To understand the ways of building knowledge by the relatives of adolescents on the theme of sexuality; To unveil the senses that family members have about sexuality and how they approach them with the adolescents; and To analyze, from the discourses of the relatives about the theme of sexuality, the ways of reproducing the subject in the sexual orientation to their adolescent children. Methodology: A qualitative study, developed through focus group, with 13 adolescents s family members attending a Pre-Hospital Unit located in the city of Duque de Caxias/RJ. Data were collected from November 2015 to March 2016, analyzed through the discourse analysis and interpreted in the light of Foucault's thinking. Results: The discursive practice of family members revealed that the formation of knowledge about sexuality occurred basically from the time of adolescence. However, the lack of information within the family made the participants learn about these issues from life experiences; from conversations with older people; health professionals and teachers. This was a determining factor in the decision of the mothers participating in this study to address these issues with their children at this point in their adolescence, preventing them from experiencing the lack of clarification on this subject as they have in the past. However, the process of transferring this knowledge takes place in a restrictive, prescriptive and controlling way. Among the topics most approached by family members with their children are: the physiological changes occurring at puberty, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), contraceptive methods, pregnancy and sexual intercourse. In this sense, the approach is in the field of reproductive or pathological aspects, to the detriment of the psychic, emotional and social aspects that involve this theme. It is concluded that family members need to provide dialogue spaces with their adolescents, making the discussions on sexuality a natural part of a conversation, in a dialogical relationship of reflection-action on these issues. Implications for nursing: the importance of the nurse in addressing these issues with the relatives of adolescents is highlighted in order to overcome the difficulties they encounter in addressing this issue within their families.