The aim of this study is to know about the communication between parents and their adolescent children concerning sex/sexuality and HIV/AIDS as well as prevention methods. 26 parents of adolescents registered in a public school in Fortaleza were interviewed. The results showed that most of the parents have motivation and interest in talking to their children concerning the subject, even though some showed to ha...
This qualitative and descriptive study, conducted in 2009 with 11women from a community in Fortaleza, aimed to understand what it means to be a woman in present-day society, to learn women’s concept of health and identify their motivation sand expectations in the community with regard to participating in an educational group. Information was collected in a focus group and analyzed using content analysis. The re...
Community health agents are the members of the Family Health Team that get closest to the families, as they often live in their community. Their action in the educational practice in health should be encouraged, due to their power to gather the subjects, motivating them to participate in community groups, and due to their knowledge about the local reality. In this study, three community health agents participat...
Os agentes comunitários de saúde são os membros da Equipe de Saúde da Família que mais se aproximam das famílias, pois, muitas vezes, residem naquela comunidade. Sua atuação na prática educativa em saúde deve ser incentivada, haja vista seu poder de mobilizar os sujeitos, motivando-os a participar de grupos comunitários e seu conhecimento sobre a realidade local. Neste estudo, três agentes comunitários de saúde...
Community health agents are the members of the Family Health Team that get closest to the families, as they often live in their community. Their action in the educational practice in health should be encouraged, due to their power to gather the subjects, motivating them to participate in community groups, and due to their knowledge about the local reality. In this study, three community health agents participat...
Este estudo teve o objetivo de conhecer como ocorrem as conversas entre pais e filhos adolescentes sobre sexo/sexualidade e medidas preventivas de HIV/AIDS. Foram entrevistados 26 pais de adolescentes matriculados em uma escola pública do Município de Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. Os resultados do estudo mostraram que a maioria dos pais tem motivação e interesse de conversar com os filhos sobre a temática, apesar d...
The aim of this study is to know about the communication between parents and their adolescent children concerning sex/sexuality and HIV/AIDS as well as prevention methods. 26 parents of adolescents registered in a public school in Fortaleza were interviewed. The results showed that most of the parents have motivation and interest in talking to their children concerning the subject, even though some showed to ha...
This study aimed to know the stages of behavior change of parents in relation to communication held with their adolescent children on sex, sexuality and HIV/Aids prevention. Prochask and Diclement' stages of change model was used. Interviews were carried out with 26 parents of adolescents from a public school in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Parents were classified according to the stages of change. The majority of th...