Actions in the area of adolescent sexuality under the perspective of the school health program: the health professionals’ perspective

Abstract

We sought to analyze the view of health professionals about the actions promoted by the School Health Program within the scope of sexuality in adolescence. Study of qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive approaches, conducted with 12 community health workers, 02 nurses, and 01 doctor who worked in the Family Health Unit of the neighborhood Dom José Rodrigues, in Juazeiro, Bahia. It was conducted through semi-structured interviews with a qualitative, non-probabilistic, intentional, and by exhaustion sample. The interviews were analyzed through discourse analysis. The theme of sexuality in adolescence also brings stigmas that were not broken by health professionals, making it difficult to address with adolescents. Coupled with this, the lack of training makes the program curative, based on the biomedical model of health. Despite the difficulties, health professionals point out opportunities, although they recognize their lack of preparation and that, by management, there is a failure in the assistance. The partnership between the school and the health unit proposed by the program gives adolescents access to knowledge and care of their health, making them subjects capable of adopting responsible attitudes.