Perfiles Educativos
Volume 36, Issue 144, 2014, Pages 105-119

Sexual health education for the infatuation to abortion: A qualitative study of spanish adolescents and immigrants [Educación para la salud sexual del enamoramiento al aborto: Un estudio cualitativo con adolescentes españoles e inmigrantes] (Article) (Open Access)

Soriano-Ayala E. , González-Jiménez A.-J. , Soriano-Ferrer M.
  • a Universidad de Almería, Spain
  • b Universidad de Almería, Spain
  • c Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad de Valencia, Spain

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze how Spanish and immigrant teenagers live their sexuality, so as to better target new sex-education programs. Te research approach was qualitative; principles associated with targeted ethnography were used. Te sample consisted of 80 adolescents from eight different nationalities. Data was collected through an interview with open questions, along with problem-solving dilemmas. A category system was designed for the analysis of the data. Te main results are: sexual experience is related to gender and the ethnic-cultural group; sexual education should be promoted as sexual health, a program through which not only biological fundamentals is included, but which also covers and enhances education with regard to the emotions, feelings, attitudes, and to responsible behavior, in short: a complete educational program.

Author Keywords

Education for sexual health Ethnic-cultural group Intercultural education Immigration Adolescence

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84897392516&doi=10.1016%2fS0185-2698%2814%2970626-9&partnerID=40&md5=53e396e2cb785ea4d6ac8e3056346d0c
DOI: 10.1016/S0185-2698(14)70626-9
ISSN: 01852698
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English; Spanish