Contraceptive methods

Abstract

The aim of our study was to increase knowledge and correct errors in the use of contraceptive methods and prevention of Sexual Transmission Diseases (STD) in a sample of 30 students in the 3rd year of ESO (GCE) from a school in the Alicante area. We considered that faced with such an evident need we could obtain very satisfactory results should we use an appealing pedagogical participation which attracted the students. So by means of a critical paradigm we managed to get them involved in the event, concerned of their own needs. Lectures on different interesting topics were given to the students, to be evaluated later on. The method used was that of the test/re-test. A questionnaire was provided before the first lecture so that we could adapt our information to their shown expressed needs; and a second questionnaire of equal characteristics was provided after the last lecture to evaluate their acquired knowledge. The students' major problems were in knowing: what sexuality means and where to go to get information about it; what is the difference between sexuality and reproduction; where to obtain sheaths; what to do if they get torn; use of lubricants, and means of sexual transmission of diseases (STD). According to our expectation the degree of success was really high.

Keywords

• Educación para la salud
• Pedagogía aplicada a los cuidados
• Antropología de la educación
• Educación sexual