Abstract

OSPINA MUNOZ, Doris Elena; GOMEZ GOMEZ, Margarita María  and  CARRILLO PINEDA, Marcela. Take care, do not screw it up!: school youth sexuality in Medellín (Colombia). Index Enferm [online]. 2013, vol.22, n.4, pp.228-232. ISSN 1699-5988.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1132-12962013000300008.

Objective: Discuss with students through educational workshop results of research on youth sexuality and identify lines for sexual education and teacher training. Methods: Qualitative study on sexuality with 10th grade students from Medellin, Colombia (2008-2011). Prior signature of consents, educational activities were conducted about body image, cognitive dissonance, teenage parenthood, LGBT's community rights and sexual ethics. We analyzed written evidence trough the expert discussion form. Findings: Youth recognize sexuality as central issue that requires appropriation of their body, reflexivity and effective communication with parents and teachers, however, prevails in them a tragic vision of their sexual experiences. Conclusions: Adolescents need education for freedom, in which, they participate on sites proposed for them and created by them, according to their needs and contexts, so that they can make independent and responsible decisions.

Keywords : Sexuality of youth; Sexual education.