Proyecto sobre promoción de factores protectores para la vivencia de una sexualidad responsable en las y los adolescentes de la parroquia El Altar. Cantón Penipe. Provincia de Chimborazo 2014

Abstract

The current research entitled “Project on promoting protective factors to live a responsible sexuality, addressed to adolescents from El Altar district belonging to Penipe canton”, aimed to improve the level of knowledge of adolescents on protective factors in order to experience a responsible sexuality. The research was cross-descriptive, quasi-experimental design. The group consisted of 40 male and female adolescents, the techniques applied were surveys supported by discussions to collect information, also, educational interventions were developed to promote protective factors by means of educational workshops, whose methodology was game-oriented, active participatory. After conducting this process, the key findings showed a revealing increase about health knowledge in adolescents from 45% to 80% similarly, it was noticed a significant increase of knowledge about protective factors from 50% to 77%. It was found that 15% of adolescents lack of a life project. It is concluded that sexuality is not just simply a kind of birth control, but rather it includes physical, biological, mental and social factors. It is recommended that more emphasis be placed when addressing issues of social skills in adolescents, since only on this way, they can become more assertive at the moment of making decisions and fulfill their life plan, which is a protective factor for living a responsible sexuality.