Contracepção na adolescência: facilitadores na apreensão e compreensão de conceitos

Abstract

The number of pregnant teens has declined in recent years in Brazil, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. However, we note that it is still necessary to intensify the education of adolescents about contraception in order to pursue so abbreviated reducing these numbers. Notoriously poor communities have more cases of teenage pregnancies, directly influencing the dropout and low level of education of these students and generally causing health problems for mother and / or child, as the girl’s body still lies in training. The aim was to convey concepts related to contraception in adolescence, both for students and for students, to promote, through education, the reduction of cases of teenage pregnancies students, public school students surveyed in Maceió, Alagoas. We present two articles, the first entitled "Attitudes, activities and didactic models: use in contraception in adolescence in public school in Maceió, Alagoas", while the second has the title "The use of educational video for prevention of teenage pregnancy". Quantitative and descriptive research was used in this dissertation. The audience consisted of students from two classes of 6th. grade of elementary school in a state school in Alagoas, located on the outskirts of Maceió neighborhood. We opted for the use of questionnaires with objective answers to the ten questions asked. Defined the application of three questionnaires, with different issues in each, in different stages of development of this research. One such intervention was previously applied by the teacher, the second after the intervention in the form of lectures and production of teaching materials by the students themselves and the third, which was applied after students attend the educational product, the educational video. To survey the students' prior knowledge about the topic teenage pregnancy was observed that most students have formed opinion, understanding the importance of contraception, whether in family planning, is to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. It was also observed that students responded that contraceptive methods should be used responsibly. We attempted to stimulate a job with the importance of implementing an information process throughout school student's life in order to improve knowledge about contraception in adolescence. With the talks and the construction of didactic models prepared by students, it was noticed the interest in the construction and consolidation of concepts and information related to the subject, from the use of reusable materials and low cost, available mostly within own homes of students. Finalizing activities, elaborated a teaching video about contraception, as differentiated tool in the school studied. Recorded the impact this product has had on learning and re / formulation of concepts with the answers of the third questionnaire. The issue of contraception, especially in adolescence and addressed within the school, can and should be treated as natural and extremely important issue, taking into consideration the social, cultural and economic context in which students live. This way you can stimulate thought and free will of the students to enrich lessons and better training of citizens.