Diseño de un programa de intervención orientado a brindar una adecuada educación sexual para prevenir el embarazo en los adolescentes escolarizados de la ciudad de Loja

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of this research is to propose strategies for an intervention program aimed at providing adequate sexual education to prevent pregnancy in school adolescents in the city of Loja, which was achieved by correlating risk factors with the problem (teenage pregnancy) and The participation of the adolescents themselves through focus groups, who from their perspective proposed ideas for the elaboration of an intervention program, for this last one a sample of 60 people was used. In this study it is qualitative-quantitative, it was evidenced as risk factors: the inadequate information obtained on contraceptive methods, the myths of sexuality and aspects that take into account to start your sex life, which are based on curiosity and experimentation. The adolescents mention that the reason for this misinformation is the little or no communication with the parents, either because of the lack of time, shame, lack of confidence or considering the issue of sexuality as taboo; Therefore, a proposal was proposed based on parent-child communication.