Evaluation of the preventive Program Sexuality and Adolescence, carried out with students from the periphery of the city of Campinas

Abstract

The question adolescent sexuality poses a challenge to public health that calls for more effective programs. For developing such programs however it is necessary to understand the social and cultural aspects involved in the question and to consider the different specific contexts the young people are living in and that are turning them vulnerable. The program counted with the participation of 23 medicine students, 3 professionals from local Primary Care Units and 170 students from schools in the periphery of the city of Campinas. The methodology used in this study was action research and the strategy chosen were workshops understood as spaces for shared learning in group activities. An evaluation process was carried out for determining the impact and effectiveness of the intervention. The results show that the youths approved the program because they were able to identify themselves as a fundamental part in the construction of knowledge and - understanding that exercising their sexuality in a responsible way as a fundamental step in this phase - they recognized themselves as subjects of their own life.