Sexual education between adolescents: a case study

Abstract

Objective: to identify adolescents' expectations about sex education; characterize the socioeconomic and cultural profile of adolescents from a private school in the city of São Gonçalo / RJ. Methodology: this is a descriptive, exploratory study of a qualitative nature, a case study with data collection, an individual interview was conducted in order to obtain socioeconomic and cultural data from the interviewees; focus group technique that used a script guided by some guiding questions to apprehend the conceptions about the expectations of sex education. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hospital Universitário Antônio Pedro, under CAAE: 0265.0.258.000-10. Results: two categories emerged: Serious conversation: talking to teenagers about sex education in the school and society reaffirming taboos on the issue of sexuality. Conclusion: the adolescents understand that the school and the family must work together playing an important role in education for sexuality linked to life, health, pleasure and well-being.