Abstract
Objective
To analyze the protagonism of school adolescents in preventing sexually transmitted diseases.
Methods
This is a qualitative action-research study, which was developed with ten adolescents (aged 15-16 years) from a public school. The data were collected from focus groups, interviews, and observation, being analyzed by using the discourse analysis technique.
Results
The adolescents testimonies revealed that they participated in planning of the educational intervention, and defined and organized the school environment. In addition, they prepared materials and themes for use in the preventive actions against sexually transmitted diseases, which generated a feeling knowledge on the subject.
Conclusion
The participants in the study showed protagonism in the school environment by preparing activities for prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.
Sexually transmitted diseases/prevention & control; Adolescent; Adolescent behavior; HIV infections/prevention & control; Sex education
