L’éducation à la sexualité est une réponse opposable au comportement sexuel à risque desjeunes. Plusieurs instances internationales (Unesco, OMS, Onusida, Unicef) encouragent sonintégration à l’école, notamment dans les pays d’Afrique subsaharienne où la prévalence desITS et VIH/sida demeure élevée. Toutefois, l’absence d’un corpus littéraire de référence enéducation à la sexualité rend difficile cette intégration. L’implémentation de cette éducation àl’école dans les pays d’Afrique subsaharienne nécessite une prise en compte des spécificitéssocioéconomiques, culturelles, institutionnelles et des conceptions individuelles des jeunessur la sexualité, qui sont des déterminants de leurs comportements sexuels. La mobilisationdes enseignants sur cette tâche n’est pas acquise, notamment en raison de multiplesrésistances dont ils font preuve, et dont il convient d’isoler les origines.Cette thèse est consacrée d’une part à l’étude des conceptions des élèves sur l’éducation à lasexualité et leurs besoins éducatifs exprimés et d’autre part, à l’étude des conceptions et despratiques professionnelles des enseignants en éducation à la sexualité au Cameroun. Dans laperspective d’élaborer des modèles théoriques d’intervention, et des dispositifs de formationdes enseignants en éducation à la sexualité qui soient adéquats au contexte africain, notrerecherche explore les facteurs susceptibles d’influer tant sur la mise en œuvre que la réussitede cette action à l’école dans les pays d’Afrique subsaharienne en s’appuyant sur l’exempledu Cameroun. Elle repose sur une enquête par questionnaire menée auprès des élèves desclasses de quatrième et de troisième d’enseignement général (n=3071), et des enseignants dupremier cycle de l’enseignement général (n=368) du Cameroun.Cette recherche montre que les conceptions individuelles des élèves sont plutôt favorables àl’éducation à la sexualité à l’école et qu’ils considèrent l’école et les enseignants comme desacteurs légitimes de cette éducation. Discutant peu de sexualité avec leurs parents, leursprincipales sources d’information est la télévision, l’école et Internet. Les élèves émettent desbesoins éducatifs s’articulant autour des cinq dimensions de la sexualité.Contrairement aux élèves, les enseignants ont des conceptions plutôt défavorables àl’éducation à la sexualité à l’école, renforcées par le peu de pratique qu’ils ont en éducation àla sexualité et le manque de formation. Près de la moitié des enseignants se dédouanent decette mission et remettent en cause son inclusion à l’école. Ils affichent une méconnaissancetant des besoins et des attentes réelles des élèves en éducation à la sexualité que des effets decette action éducative sur la santé des jeunes. Ils entretiennent également un fort sentimentd’incompétence pour cette action éducative. Pourtant, ces enseignants sont majoritairement enaccord avec le fait que l’éducation à la sexualité des jeunes est vraiment nécessaire. / Education on sexuality or “sex education” aims to reduce risky sexual behaviour amongadolescents and young adults in particular. Several international organisations (UNESCO,WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF) encourage sex education in schools, particularly in countries ofsub-Saharan Africa where sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV/Aids remainfrequent. However the lack of literature on sex education in schools makes implementing suchpolicies difficult. Developing sex education in schools of sub-Saharan Africa requires takinginto account the specific socio-Economic, cultural and institutional contexts of these countries,as well as the individual conceptions that young people have of sexuality and whichdetermine their sexual behaviour. Teacher involvement in this task is not evident either, asteachers tend to resist implementing sex education for various reasons that should beidentified and analyzed.These PhD thesis studies pupil conceptions of sex education and the needs they identify inthis domain on one hand, and the conceptions and professional practices of teachers in sexeducation on the other hand, in the country of Cameroon. With the purpose of contributing thedevelopment of theoretical models of intervention and a framework for teacher training in sexeducation adapted to the African context, our research attempts to identify the factors thataffect the implementation and the success of sex education in sub-Saharan Africa via the caseof Cameroon. Our study is based on a survey of middle-School pupils (n=3071) and a surveyof general education teachers (n=368) in Cameroon.Results show that pupil individual conceptions are favourable to sex education in schools, andthat pupils consider their teachers and their schools to be legitimate providers of sexeducation. Pupils rarely discuss sexuality with their parents, whereas their main sources ofinformation on sexuality are the television, school, and the internet. The pupils expressededucational needs encompassing the five dimensions of sexuality.In contrast, we found that teachers do not tend to perceive sex education in schoolsfavourably. This position appears to be to be linked to their limited experience of teachingsexual education, and the lack of training they have received in the teaching of sex education.Nearly half of the teachers interviewed do not feel concerned by the subject and feel that sexeducation should not be taught in schools. Also teachers demonstrated an overall lack ofunderstanding of pupil needs and expectations as well as the impact that sex education couldhave on the health of their pupils. Many teachers maintain the position that they are notcompetent and in sex education and even that it is not their role. However the majority of theteachers investigated do agree that there is a real need for sex education for adolescents and young adults.

The thesis is focused on health education and area of sex education in elementary schools. Work gives a picture of the current state of teaching of health education and determines the extent to which schools meet the requirements of health promotion. The theoretical part describes the historical development of health education curriculum in primary schools since the early twentieth century to the present. It deals with areas of sex education, its purpose, subject and content. The practical part deals with the integration of Health Education in schools, through the analysis of educational programs and survey.

The topic of this diploma thesis is sexual behaviour and sex education. The adolescent body goes through important biological changes that are reflected in the adolescent behaviour. The aim of this thesis is to describe and summarize the biological changes occurring in adolescence and show their connection to sexual, social, emotional and cognitive development in adolescence. The thesis also describes the psychological aspects of adolescence as well as the changes in cognition and the emotionality. Moreover, it also focuses on the development of human sexual behaviour. Finally, the theoretical part defines the theoretical basis of sex education and describes the current state of integration of sex education into the education system of the Czech Republic. Finally, this thesis also aims to analyse attitudes towards sex education of high-school students depending on the sex and type of attended high school, as well as to map experiences in sexual life of the first-year high- school students. Results are compared to the results of national survey on sexual behaviour. KEYWORDS: Sexual behaviour, sex education, high school, biological changes, psychological changes, puberty, adolescence

Après avoir présenté la situation au Liban, les principaux concepts de didactique utilisés puis les différentes méthodologies mises en œuvre, une première série de résultats compare les conceptions d'enseignants libanais et français sur la sexualité et l'éducation à la sexualité (ES), à partir de leurs réponses au questionnaire du projet européen Biohead-Citizen. Les conceptions des enseignants libanais diffèrent très significativement de celles de leurs collègues français, montrant une certaine unité entre eux quelle que soit leur religion, mais corrélées à un grand degré de croyance et de pratique religieuse : moins favorables à l'avortement en toute situation, moins favorables au « safer sex », contre l'introduction de la plupart des thèmes de l'ES aux enfants du primaire et même aux adolescents. L'importance politique des confessions au Liban, y compris dans le système scolaire, nous a amené à recenser les positions des différentes religions sur l'ES : d'une part à partir d'une approche bibliographique sur leurs positions officielles, d'autre part à partir d'interviews de responsables socio-religieux impliqués dans le système éducatif au Liban. Cette seconde série de résultats montre des convergences quant au cadre et la finalité de l'exercice de la sexualité, et quant à la nécessité et la façon de contrôler le système éducatif libanais ; mais elle montre aussi de petites nuances avec des positions catholiques très strictes dans le refus de certains thèmes reliés à l'ES comme la contraception, l'avortement et l'insémination artificielle (les positions musulmanes concernant ces thèmes étant moins rigides). Ces nuances s'étendent à l'ES : l'Islam considère plus le texte religieux comme référence tandis que le Christianisme établit une approche détaillée de l'ES impliquant les parents. Enfin, une troisième série de résultats amorce une analyse de l'état des lieux de la réalité actuelle de l'ES dans les établissements scolaires libanais à partir de trois approches. En conclusion, notre travail permet d'émettre des hypothèses sur plusieurs filtres, freins et obstacles qui s'opposent à l'implémentation de l'ES au Liban. Les résistances de nombreux acteurs du système éducatif libanais (directeurs d'école, corps enseignant, pouvoirs socio-religieux) semblent avoir pour origine la méconnaissance de la nature, de la visée et des conséquences d'une ES / After presenting the situation in Lebanon, the main didactic concepts and the different methodologies implemented, a first set of results compares the conceptions on sexuality and sex education (SE) of Lebanese and French teachers, using their responses to the questionnaire of the European project Biohead-Citizen. Lebanese teachers' conceptions differ very significantly from those of their French colleagues, showing some unity between them regardless of their religion, but correlated to a large degree of belief and religious practice: less favorable to abortion in any situation, less supportive of "safer sex" and against introducing of most of the themes of the SE. The political importance of confessions in Lebanon, including in the school system, led us to identify the positions of different religions on the SE: firstly from a bibliographical approach to their official positions, then from interviews with socioreligious leaders involved in the Lebanese educational system. This second set of results shows convergence on the framework and purpose of teaching human sexuality, and about the need and the way to control the Lebanese education system, but it also shows little nuances with strict Catholic positions in the refusal of some topics related to human sexuality as contraception, abortion and artificial insemination (Muslim positions on these topics are more flexible). These nuances extend to the SE: Islam considers the religious text as the reference for SE while Christianity establishes a detailed approach involving the parents. Finally, a third set of results is revealed by an analysis of the status of the current reality of the SE in Lebanese schools, using three approaches. In conclusion, our work can speculate on several filters, brakes and obstacles to the implementation of the SE in Lebanon. Many actors in the Lebanese education system (school principals, teachers, social and religious authorities) seem to misunderstand the nature, aim and the consequences of SE

The aim of this study is to describe how sex eduacation, as an area of expertise, is made visible and constructed in dance teachers education in Swedish higher secondary school. The queer theory describes dance teachers’ work from a perspective of body, sexuality, gender and normativity. Using qualitative methods, leaving space for reflection and subjective experiences, four higher secondary school working dance teachers were interviewed. The findings include that sexual education as an area of expertise exists both consciously and unconsciously in dance education and the subject of dance. Furthermore, the informants do not understand sexuality as something important in teaching dance, in spite of that sexuality as a subject is present in the discussions. The result of the study proved that norms about sexuality, body and gender cooperate with the dance education and the dance teachers daily encounters with their students. The most important conclusion in the study was that dance teachers should have an understanding of how sexual education as an area of expertise can be expressed through dance teaching to be able to encounter students with an including education.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-19T18:15:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ELIONORA DE JESUS CARNEIRO JANSEN DE MELLO.pdf: 1110156 bytes, checksum: 21ebd7627a73f6cf7dc192f934be47e1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-11-18 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the agent of most common sexually transmitted infection in adolescence worldwide. The cervical cancer, related to this infection, is the leading cause of death in Maranhão. The biomolecular diagnosis used to HPV detection is the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). It is proposed to investigate the frequency of the HPV genotypes in high school students from a public school in Sao Luis by different diagnostic methods. We conducted a cross-sectional study, descriptive at adolescents in high school, totaling 39 female students aged 15 to 19 years in the period July 2008 to June 2009. A questionnaire covering socio-demographic and sexual behavior was used. It was carried out cytopathology, colposcopy, cervical biopsy and genotyping by Nested PCR in each sample. The inclusion criteria were presence of sexual activity and we excluded women who had no sexual activity, those with positivity for HIV and pregnant. The data were transferred to a spreadsheet in the software Excel 2007 and evaluated using Epi-Info 6.04. The socio-demographic data showed that most female adolescents studied was 15 to 17 years old, they lived in urban area and they were full-time students, they were white and had schooling from 12 to 14 years. In 25 (64.1%) adolescents, the first sexual intercourse occurred before age 16 (p = 0.240), half said to have among one and four sexual intercourses per week (p = 0.082), one partner (51.3%), and two to three partners (38.5%), 82% reported ever having had STDs (p = 0.704). Three reported abortion (p = 0.463). One reported having given birth to 17 years. As for gynecologic complaints, the main were leukorrhea (79.5%, p = 0.016) and pruritus (23.1%, p = 0.928). Eight (20.5%) reported family history of cancer. At colposcopy, there were no vulvar or vaginal lesions and we diagnosed minor injury in seven adolescents (17.0%). The Pap smear result showed inflammation in 37 (94.9%) and LSIL / HPV in a test. Histopathology was performed in 15 students (38.5%), and seven had changes suggestive of HPV. Genotyping was positive in 29 students (74.3%), predominantly to 14 high-risk genotypes in 21 (72.4%) adolescents, namely: 16, 18, 31, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68, 82, distributed in multiple coexisting and simple infections. In assessing the accuracy of Nested PCR, positive predictive value was 85.7% (true positives), and negative predictive value was 12.5% (true negatives), Nested PCR provides useful diagnostic information to the study of human papillomavirus, as multiple and simple infections diagnosis. / O papilomavírus humano (HPV) é o agente da infecção sexualmente transmissível mais comum na adolescência em âmbito mundial. O câncer do colo do útero, relacionado a esta infecção, é a principal causa de morte no Maranhão. O diagnóstico biomolecular usado é a reação em cadeia de polimerase (PCR) para detecção do HPV. Propõe-se investigar a frequência dos genótipos de HPV em adolescentes do ensino médio de uma escola pública de São Luís-MA, por diferentes métodos diagnósticos. Realizou-se um estudo transversal, descritivo, em adolescentes, cursando o ensino médio, totalizando 39 alunas com idade entre 15 a 19 anos no período julho de 2008 a junho de 2009. Utilizou-se questionário abordando variáveis sócio-demográficas e comportamento sexual. Realizou-se citopatologia, colposcopia, colpobiópsia e genotipagem por PCR-Nested em toda amostra. O critério de inclusão compreendeu presença de atividade sexual e os de não inclusão foram mulheres que não tiveram atividade sexual, positividade para HIV e gravidez. Os dados foram avaliados e transferidos para uma planilha no software Excel 2007 e Epi-Info 6.04. Os dados sóciodemográficos mostraram que a maioria das adolescentes estudadas tinha de 15 a 17 anos, era de procedência urbana e estudantes em tempo integral, cor branca e escolaridade entre 12 e 14 anos. Em 25 (64,1%) adolescentes, a sexarca ocorreu antes dos 16 anos (p=0,240), a metade disse ter de uma a quatro relações sexuais semanais (p=0,082); um parceiro (51,3%), e dois a três parceiros (38,5%); 82% disseram nunca ter tido DST (p=0,704). Três relataram abortamento (p=0,463). Uma informou parto aos 17 anos. Quanto às queixas ginecológicas, as principais foram leucorréia (79,5%; p=0,016) e prurido (23,1%; p=0,928). Oito (20,5%) relataram antecedentes de câncer familiar. À colposcopia, nenhuma apresentou lesões vulvares ou vaginais, tendo sido diagnosticado lesão menor em sete adolescentes (17,0%). O exame citopatológico apresentou resultado inflamatório em 37 (94,9%) e LSIL/HPV em um exame. A histopatologia foi realizada em 15 alunas (38,5%), sendo que sete apresentaram alterações sugestivas de HPV. A genotipagem foi positiva em 29 alunas (74,3%), com predomínio para 14 genótipos de alto risco em 21 (72,4%) adolescentes, sendo eles: 16, 18, 31, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68, 82, distribuídos em infecções múltiplas coexistentes e simples. Na avaliação da acurácia por PCR - Nestad o valor preditivo positivo foi de 85,7% (verdadeiros positivos), e o valor preditivo negativo foi de 12,5% (verdadeiros negativos), técnica que fornece informações diagnósticas úteis ao estudo do papilomavírus como infecção múltipla e simples.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T16:27:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ANA_CARLA_VAGLIATI.pdf: 1798562 bytes, checksum: e4a6ae998723bcaa836a662bee2bfdfe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-09-04 / Fundação Araucária / The study aimed to know how teachers deal with sexual violence in school environment: if they know to identify signs of sexual violence in their students and, what are their actions in front of this phenomena. For this, we performed an empirical-bibliographic research of qualitative and quantitative nature. We listed as categories of analysis the psychoanalysis and education, sexual violence, sexuality and sex education. We took these categories as historical product and dimension of social human praxis, circumscribing to the theoretical methodological referential from historical-dialetic materialism. For the bibliographic research, we did a search for scientific-academic productions, using describers like our categories of analysis, in database of CAPES, Scielo, BDTD and the Public Domain. We also did a data collection at state universities, located in the state of Parana, verifying the ones which had Stricto Sensu Post-Graduation. We located twelve (12) universities. We found seventeen (17) dissertations and thesis, which, however, didn t reflect the aim of this study; we also didn t find products that related the four (4) researched categories. The field research came from the collection of data from the Centro de Referência Especializado em Assistência Social (CREAS), which provided us the number of children and teenagers treated in the year 2013, victims of sexual violence and the schools where they studied. We conducted individual interviews with thirty-one (31) teachers in eleven (11) schools in the municipal and state network from the municipality of Francisco Beltrão - PR. Anchored in the bibliographic and field research we noted limitations of teachers in identifying signs of sexual violence in their students. Through undertaken data, we conclude that lacks investment in municipal public policy concerning the prevention and combating sexual violence against children and adolescents, as well as in teacher formation in sexuality and sex education to deal with this phenomenon. A percentage of 22% of teachers have been trained in the area of sexuality and sexual violence, one of which received training in higher education and the other through lectures and continuing education. We emphasize that the teaching time of teachers is between three (3) to thirty-six (36) years, and the majority has been acting for more than ten (10) years. So even considered important agents in combat, confrontation, identification and prevention of sexual violence, teachers realize that the requirement of working with sex education is beyond the knowledge that their training provides them. We advocate the formation of teachers in emancipatory sexuality education, with inclusion of studies on sexual violence as a tool of great importance to the prevention and identification of sexual violence in school environment. Such formation may encourage teachers to listen to the screams silenced by the dramatic sexual experiences that many of our children and teenagers are undergoing. / O estudo objetivou conhecer como os professores lidam com a violência sexual no espaço escolar: se sabem identificar sinais de violência sexual em seus alunos e, quais suas ações frente a esse fenômeno. Para isso, realizamos uma pesquisa empírico-bibliográfica de cunho quali e quantitativo. Elencamos como categorias de análise a psicanálise e a educação, a violência sexual, a sexualidade e a educação sexual. Tomamos essas categorias como produto histórico e dimensão da práxis social humana, circunscrevendo-se ao referencial teórico metodológico do materialismo histórico-dialético. Para a pesquisa bibliográfica, realizamos uma busca por produções acadêmico-científicas, utilizando como descritores nossas categorias de análise, nos bancos de dados da CAPES, da Scielo, da BDTD e do Domínio Público. Também fizemos levantamento de dados em universidades estaduais, localizadas no estado do Paraná, verificando as que possuíam Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu. Localizamos doze (12) universidades. Encontramos dezessete (17) dissertações e teses, que, no entanto, não refletiam o objetivo desse estudo; também não encontramos produções que relacionassem as quatro (4) categorias pesquisadas. A pesquisa de campo partiu da coleta de dados junto ao Centro de Referência Especializado em Assistência Social (CREAS), que nos forneceu o número de crianças e adolescentes atendidos, no ano de 2013, vítimas de violência sexual e as escolas nas quais estudavam. Realizamos entrevistas individuais com trinta e um (31) professores em onze (11) escolas da rede municipal e estadual do município de Francisco Beltrão PR. Ancoradas na pesquisa bibliográfica e de campo constatamos limitações dos professores em identificar sinais de violência sexual em seus alunos. Através dos dados empreendidos, concluímos que falta investimento em políticas públicas municipais no que se refere a prevenção e o enfrentamento da violência sexual contra crianças e adolescentes, como também, na formação de professores em sexualidade e em educação sexual para lidar com esse fenômeno. Um percentual de 22% dos professores tiveram formação na área da sexualidade e da violência sexual, sendo que um deles recebeu formação em curso superior e os demais, por meio de curso de formação continuada e palestras. Destacamos que o tempo de docência dos professores está entre três (3) e trinta e seis (36) anos, sendo que, a maioria, atua há mais de dez (10) anos. Assim, mesmo considerados agentes importantes no combate, enfrentamento, identificação e prevenção da violência sexual, os professores se dão conta que a exigência do trabalho com educação sexual está acima do conhecimento que a sua formação lhes proporciona. Assim, defendemos a formação de professores, em educação sexual emancipatória, com inclusão dos estudos sobre violência sexual como instrumento da maior importância para a prevenção e a identificação da violência sexual no espaço escolar. Tal formação poderá encorajar os professores a escutar os gritos silenciados pelas experiências sexuais dramáticas a que muitas de nossas crianças e adolescentes estão submetidos.

Sexual activity among unmarried adolescents is a major public health problem in Nigeria, because unmarried pregnant girls are more likely to have multiple sex partners and are less likely to use contraceptives, putting them at greater risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STD), unplanned pregnancy, abortion, social isolation, and poverty. Teen pregnancy and STD rates are on the rise in Nigeria, yet few data exist on the experience of the adolescents themselves. This phenomenological study was designed to explore the in-depth experiences of 10 pregnant, unmarried adolescent girls aged 16-19, including the factors contributing to their sexual activity. An ecological model served as the conceptual framework to permit individual experiences to be understood in their social and ecological context. Semistructured interviews and Hycner's method of analysis were used to collect and analyze the data. Results showed that the decision to initiate sexual activity among these girls was influenced by many factors, including: the need for financial support and a socially condoned system of "sugar daddies" who support girls in return for sex; peer pressure to have a sex partner; a romantic knowledge of sexual behavior based primarily on the mass media; and inadequate sex education. As a result of their pregnancy, the girls experienced negative reactions from their families and community, and serious psychological and financial concerns about their prospects for future marriage and their child's identity. A comprehensive community-based reproductive health program is called for, with reliable sex education, cooperation from the mass media, and support from family and community members. The social change implication of this study is to potentially lead to a decrease in unplanned pregnancy, STDs, social isolation, and poverty among adolescent girls in Nigeria.

Thesis (Doctor of Philosophy)--Miami University, Dept. of Educational Leadership, 2009. / Title from second page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. Xx-Xx).

This article, consisting of a scientific paper and a product of intervention, discusses the difficulty of future health professionals in the thematic approach sexuality, presenting aspects of knowledge and its representations. It is a qualitative research with analysis based on the meanings attributed to the object held at nursing schools, medicine and dentistry of a public institution. The study, fifteen trainees, five of each part listed course, randomly selected among those who performed the last period. Data collection took place between December 2013 and June 2014, with the collection instrument A semi-structured interview from the perspective of interpretation of the senses, performed by the researcher. After the data analysis three categories emerged: Difficulty approach / communication when it comes to sexuality; Invisibility sexuality and Invisibility sexuality of the disabled person. The results showed that students still have difficulties in addressing the theme sexuality, are with people with disabilities or not. It was also noted that conservative concepts and practices surrounding the subject, still perpetuate, even when dealing with almost graduating individuals of the three areas of surveyed health. Subjectivities and practices observed in the personal interrelationships refractory occur in professional practice. This fact is introduced enhanced, in the case of people with disabilities. This is a reality that needs a break these conservative concepts, possibly minimizing the effects of stigma in relation to population and sexuality. It showed also that the subject is restricted or absent approach in the study courses and, when present, is only related to biological aspects. Several developments or products: the holding of a seminar in a regional inter-institutional event - Congresso Acadêmico Integrado de Inovação e Tecnologia - CAIITE 2015 consists of an oral presentation of the survey and a round of conversation on the subject, besides the construction of an educational blog <www.sexualidadesomosiguais.com.br>, in order to equip the graduates to approach the subject in their professional practices of critical and reflective way, arousing and motivating them to the theme of sexuality of normal people and disabled. / O presente Trabalho Acadêmico de Conclusão de Curso - TACC, composto de um artigo científico e um produto de intervenção, discute a dificuldade dos futuros profissionais da saúde, na abordagem da temática sexualidade, apresentando aspectos relativos ao conhecimento e suas representações. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa com análise baseada nos sentidos atribuídos ao objeto, com o objetivo de conhecer as representações de formandos de enfermagem, medicina e odontologia quanto a sexualidade do adolescente com deficiência, realizada nas faculdades de enfermagem, medicina e odontologia de uma instituição pública. Participaram deste estudo, quinze formandos, sendo cinco de cada curso elencado, selecionados aleatoriamente dentre aqueles que cursavam o último período. A coleta de dados aconteceu entre dezembro de 2013 e junho de 2014, tendo como instrumento de coleta uma entrevista semiestruturada sob a perspectiva da interpretação dos sentidos, realizada pela própria pesquisadora Após a análise dos dados emergiram três categorias: Dificuldade de abordagem/comunicação quando o assunto é sexualidade; Invisibilidade da sexualidade e Invisibilidade da sexualidade da pessoa com deficiência. Os resultados evidenciaram que os formandos ainda apresentam dificuldades em abordar o tema sexualidade, seja com pessoas deficientes ou não. Observou-se também que, conceitos e práticas conservadoras que envolvem o assunto, ainda se perpetuam, mesmo se tratando de indivíduos quase egressos das três áreas da saúde pesquisadas. As subjetividades e práticas observadas nas inter-relações pessoais se verificam refratárias na prática profissional. Tal fato apresentou-se potencializado, em se tratando da pessoa com deficiência. Essa é uma realidade que necessita de uma ruptura desses conceitos conservadores, minimizando possivelmente os efeitos do estigma em relação à população e a sexualidade. Evidenciou-se ainda, que o tema é de abordagem restrita ou ausente nos cursos estudados e que, quando presente, está relacionado apenas aos aspectos biológicos. Os resultados motivaram vários desdobramentos ou produtos: a realização de um Seminário num evento interinstitucional regional – Congresso Acadêmico Integrado de Inovação e Tecnologia – CAIITE 2015, constituído por uma apresentação oral da pesquisa realizada e uma roda de conversa sobre o tema, além da construção de um blog educacional <www.sexualidadesomosiguais.com.br>, a fim de instrumentalizar os graduandos para a abordagem do assunto em suas práticas profissionais de forma crítica e reflexiva, despertando e os motivando para a temática da sexualidade da pessoa com e sem deficiência.