Abstract

MANTILLA URIBE, Blanca Patricia; OVIEDO CACERES, María del Pilar  and  GALVIS PADILLA, Diana Carolina. SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS: MEANINGS ASSIGNED BY YOUNG PEOPLE FROM FOUR MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS OF SANTANDER, COLOMBIA. Hacia promoc. Salud [online]. 2013, vol.18, n.1, pp.97-109. ISSN 0121-7577.

Objective: To understand the meanings youngsters give to their participation in three education programs for sexual and reproductive health in Bucaramanga, Floridablanca, Lebrija and Socorro, which contribute to the improvement of the educational programs offered to these population groups. Methodology: A qualitative descriptive approach, carried out in Bucaramanga, Floridablanca, Lebrija and Socorro in the period of October 2011 to April 2012. Semi-structured group and individual interviews were conducted with the youngsters of the four municipalities who participated in the program, using the Taylor & Bogdan's methodological design for the analysis of the interviews. Results: Youngsters participating in the educational programs identified them as a positive experience that impacted different scenarios in their lives, highlighting the strengthening of communication skills and sexual rights as thematic content of greater remembrance. Conclusions: The youngsters constructed meanings from their participation in the program both individually and in groups through social interaction, which have influenced their sexuality experience and the practices at various stages of their lives, in their roles as children, as friends, as a couple, as leaders and as part of a social group.

Keywords : Health promotion; adolescent; sexuality.

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