Health education at school: Discussing sexuality with adolescents

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Aline Tavares
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Marques, Jaciane Santos, Santos, Elanne Nunes dos, Nunes, Jhulyane Cristine da Cunha, Brandão, Socorro Adriana de Sousa Meneses, Torres, Michelle Vicente
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/3700
• topic: Adolescent; Sexuality; Health promotion.; Adolescente; Sexualidad; Promoción de la salud.; Adolescente; Sexualidade; Promoção da saúde.

The adolescence comprehends a period marked by innumerous physical, psychological, social and cultural changes, that may influence ones emotions and self-perception, which can trigger either a positive or a negative view when it comes to body image. Thus, this paper aims to describe the experience of resident professionals in a health education action on sexuality linked to the physiological changes of puberty and the body perception of adolescents of a public school. This is a descriptive study of the type of experience report that occurred in a municipal public school in the city of Teresina, in october 2018, with students from the sixth to the ninth year of elementary school. It is important to emphasize the importance of health professionals to be present in spaces other than health services, noting the needs and vulnerabilities of the community in which they work, developing activities related to the prevention of diseases and public health aggravations and the promotion of health targeted to children and adolescents, since it is during adolescence that the main physical and psychological changes occur, being, therefore, a period of deep learning and development.