Sexual health: getting the message across.
HealthAction
; (10): 8, 1994.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12222420
PIP: The AIDS Educacao and Prevencao (AIDS Education and Prevention) project in Fortaleza, Brazil, is an attempt to find new approaches to working on sexual health education with vulnerable young people. The project aims to develop a learning system focusing on the mental and physical well-being of youths that is appropriate for their age, context, and needs. The project, which was developed by nursing lecturers and students studying for nursing degrees at the Federal University of Ceara, works with young people between ages 11 and 17. The project reaches young people through its biannual workshops where facilitators learn about the problems encountered by young people regarding sex and sexuality, sexual behavior, condom use, unwanted pregnancies, STDs and HIV/AIDS. Facilitators are not counselors, but work with small groups to promote participation and collective learning. Factual information and case studies are introduced gradually to teach participants ways in which they can protect themselves and help them decide what choices are right for them. However, lessons learned from the workshops are not reinforced because teachers and parents are afraid and ignorant of AIDS. As a result, while it continues to target young people, the project now attempts to involve schools and students' families.^ieng
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Educação Sexual
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Educação em Saúde
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Adolescente
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Educação
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Estudos de Avaliação como Assunto
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
HealthAction
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos