CROSS-CULTURAL ADAPTATION OF A TOOL TO ASSESS THERAPEUTIC EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS FOR DIABETES PATIENTS

• Main Authors: Laura Barbosa Nunes (Author), Camila Aparecida Pinheiro Landim Almeida (Author), Malvina Thaís Pachêco Rodrigues (Author), Eliana Campêlo Lago (Author), Luana Kelle Batista Moura (Author), Magda Coeli Vitorino Sales Coêlho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 10.5380/ce.v23i3.55337; 1414-8536; 2176-9133
• Keywords: Contraception; Adolescent; Reproductive Health; Public Health; Nursing; Nursing; RT1-120; Medicine (General); R5-920; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: Cogitare Enfermagem, Vol 23, Iss 3, p e55337 (2018)

Objective: to identify the use of contraceptive methods by adolescents of a public school in the state of Maranhão. Method: a quantitative, descriptive-exploratory, cross-sectional study was conducted between November and December 2015, with high school adolescents from a public school in the state of Maranhão. Descriptive statistical analysis of the data was performed. Results: of the adolescents, 199 (88.1%) reported having information on contraceptive methods, which was mainly obtained from their mothers, by 139 (69.8%). Of the young women who had information, 184 (92.5%) reported knowing about the male condom. Of the adolescents who had already started sexual activity, some reported not using any method, despite having the information, and 59 (76.6%) young women reported having used the male condom. Conclusion: there is a need to constantly develop health actions in order to allow adolescents to exercise their sexuality more safely, so they avoid sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancies.