Interventions to promote a healthy sexuality among school adolescents: a scoping Review

Loureiro, Fernanda; Ferreira, Margarida; Oliveira, Paula Sarreira De; Antunes, Vanessa

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Loureiro, Fernanda

Ferreira, Margarida

Oliveira, Paula Sarreira De

Antunes, Vanessa

Abstract(s)

Schools are particularly suitable contexts for the implementation of interventions focused on adolescent sexual behavior. Sexual education and promotion have a multidisciplinary nature. Nurses’ role and the spectrum of the carried-out interventions is not clear. We aimed to identify interventions that promote a healthy sexuality among school adolescents. Our review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews and was registered in the Open Science Framework. Published articles on sexuality in adolescents in school contexts were considered. The research limitations included primary studies; access in full text in English, Spanish, or Portuguese; and no data publication limitation. Research was carried out on the EBSCOhost, PubMed, SciELO, and Web of Science platforms; gray literature and the bibliographies of selected articles were also searched. A total of 56 studies were included in the sample. The studies used a broad range of research methods, and 10 types of interventions were identified. Multi-interventional programs and socio-emotional interventions showed a greater impact on long-term behavioral changes, and continuity seemed to be a key factor. Long-term studies are needed to reach a consensus on the effectiveness of interventions. Nurses’ particular role on the multidisciplinary teams was found to be a gap in the research, and must be further explored

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Adolescent Nursing Review literature Sexuality

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Loureiro F, Ferreira M, Sarreira-de-Oliveira P, Antunes V. Interventions to Promote a Healthy Sexuality among School Adolescents: A Scoping Review. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2021; 11(11):1155. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11111155