Representações de formandos de enfermagem, medicina e odontologia sobre sexualidade de adolescentes com deficiência

Abstract

This article, consisting of a scientific paper and a product of intervention, discusses the difficulty of future health professionals in the thematic approach sexuality, presenting aspects of knowledge and its representations. It is a qualitative research with analysis based on the meanings attributed to the object held at nursing schools, medicine and dentistry of a public institution. The study, fifteen trainees, five of each part listed course, randomly selected among those who performed the last period. Data collection took place between December 2013 and June 2014, with the collection instrument A semi-structured interview from the perspective of interpretation of the senses, performed by the researcher. After the data analysis three categories emerged: Difficulty approach / communication when it comes to sexuality; Invisibility sexuality and Invisibility sexuality of the disabled person. The results showed that students still have difficulties in addressing the theme sexuality, are with people with disabilities or not. It was also noted that conservative concepts and practices surrounding the subject, still perpetuate, even when dealing with almost graduating individuals of the three areas of surveyed health. Subjectivities and practices observed in the personal interrelationships refractory occur in professional practice. This fact is introduced enhanced, in the case of people with disabilities. This is a reality that needs a break these conservative concepts, possibly minimizing the effects of stigma in relation to population and sexuality. It showed also that the subject is restricted or absent approach in the study courses and, when present, is only related to biological aspects. Several developments or products: the holding of a seminar in a regional inter-institutional event - Congresso Acadêmico Integrado de Inovação e Tecnologia - CAIITE 2015 consists of an oral presentation of the survey and a round of conversation on the subject, besides the construction of an educational blog <www.sexualidadesomosiguais.com.br>, in order to equip the graduates to approach the subject in their professional practices of critical and reflective way, arousing and motivating them to the theme of sexuality of normal people and disabled.