Puberty, contraceptive methods and sexually transmitted infections (STIs):

an analysis of prior knowledge with elementary school students from two municipal schools in São Mateus - ES

Abstract

The study was developed with the objective of understanding the view that students in relation to the knowledge they have in relation to sexual education, and the importance of the theme in the school environment and other environments that cohabit. A semi-structured research was carried out in order to know the conceptions that the students recognize, and their importance. The study sought to understand how health education and sexual education are necessary in the daily classroom, and how an articulated environment that works beyond the disciplines of science/biology is necessary, in a search for understanding the student as a being in its entirety, making transversality necessary for different approaches to be made. It was possible to corroborate, through the research, that there is still a significant gap in what students understand the processes of prevention and sexuality, which makes it necessary for teachers to go through continuous training processes, so that they can update, understand and participate in the integral formation of the subject.