Dialoguing with teachers at school about sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases

Our experience in school context shows us vulnerability points to which adolescents are exposed due to both the age and shortage of information about the process of becoming an adolescent. Thus, we aim to report a workshop on health education with teachers about sexuality and sexually transmitted di...

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Main Authors: Eveline Pinheiro Beserra, Cibele Almeida Torres, Maria Grasiela Teixeira Barroso
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2008-08-01
Series:Rev Rene
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5255
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description Our experience in school context shows us vulnerability points to which adolescents are exposed due to both the age and shortage of information about the process of becoming an adolescent. Thus, we aim to report a workshop on health education with teachers about sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases. It is an experience report, described from a workshop with twelve teachers from a public school in the state of Ceará and carried out in May, 2007. The teachers gave importance to this theme. They believe school and family form an interconnected group in youngsters’ education for a safe sexual practice. They brought forward their difficulties and recognized they are not prepared to approach this subject. Actions to permit the articulation between health and school favor means for the youngsters to accomplish better life quality through reflection about their attitudes   
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spelling doaj-art-15454e7dd5304f028f1e603b56d04b122025-08-21T13:50:18ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832008-08-0194Dialoguing with teachers at school about sexuality and sexually transmitted diseasesEveline Pinheiro BeserraCibele Almeida TorresMaria Grasiela Teixeira BarrosoOur experience in school context shows us vulnerability points to which adolescents are exposed due to both the age and shortage of information about the process of becoming an adolescent. Thus, we aim to report a workshop on health education with teachers about sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases. It is an experience report, described from a workshop with twelve teachers from a public school in the state of Ceará and carried out in May, 2007. The teachers gave importance to this theme. They believe school and family form an interconnected group in youngsters’ education for a safe sexual practice. They brought forward their difficulties and recognized they are not prepared to approach this subject. Actions to permit the articulation between health and school favor means for the youngsters to accomplish better life quality through reflection about their attitudes    https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5255Sexually transmitted diseaseHealth educationAdolescentSexualitySex education
spellingShingle Eveline Pinheiro Beserra
Cibele Almeida Torres
Maria Grasiela Teixeira Barroso
Dialoguing with teachers at school about sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases
Rev Rene
Sexually transmitted disease
Health education
Adolescent
Sexuality
Sex education
title Dialoguing with teachers at school about sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases
title_full Dialoguing with teachers at school about sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases
title_fullStr Dialoguing with teachers at school about sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases
title_full_unstemmed Dialoguing with teachers at school about sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases
title_short Dialoguing with teachers at school about sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases
title_sort dialoguing with teachers at school about sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases
topic Sexually transmitted disease
Health education
Adolescent
Sexuality
Sex education
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