Abstract
Our aim was to explore health workers’ perceptions of providing sexuality
and contraception care for female adolescents within family
health centers.We interviewed 26 volunteer health workers and analyzed
the interviews using thematic analysis. We identified three
main themes: (a) “adolescents and sexuality,” with the subthemes
“initiation rite,” “me like the others,” and “just for fun”; (b) “adolescents
and contraception,” with the subthemes “omnipotent adolescents,”
“aware adolescents,” and “women’s responsibility”; and
(c) “health workers and adolescents,” with the subthemes “to put in
order,” “to catch,” and “to teach to take care of themselves.” Our results
provided an interesting picture of health workers’ perceptions
of their work with Italian female adolescents regarding sexuality
and contraception.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | 1239-1254 |
Numero di pagine | 16 |
Rivista | Health Care for Women International |
Volume | 36 |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2015 |
Keywords
- adolescents
- contraception
- health workers
- sexuality
- thematic analysis