Sistema de talleres de educación sexual para la prevención del embarazo en la adolescencia

Abstract

Sexual education during adolescence is a topic of great importance that should be addressed responsibly within educational institutions. In Ecuador, the prevalence of teenage pregnancies is one of the problems that require attention. However, educational institutions have deficiencies in properly guiding students and offering solutions that contribute to prevention. To address the existing issues in the first year of Science High School at Simon Bolivar School, a system of sexual education workshops was developed in this research to prevent teenage pregnancies. The research focused on sexual education during adolescence, specifically on pregnancy prevention. The investigation utilized theoretical and empirical methods to determine historical, conceptual, and contextual backgrounds, as well as to develop the proposal. The research was explanatory in nature, with a mixed approach, and the sample consisted of five teachers and 83 students from the first year of Science High School at Simon Bolivar School in Machala. The system of sexual education workshops is grounded in legal and psychopedagogical foundations, and it provides coherent and practical guidance for the implementation and evaluation of each workshop. The evaluation of the proposal, based on expert criteria, demonstrated that the system of workshops for teenage pregnancy prevention is clear, coherent, and relevant. When analyzing the results using the Aiken's V test, a value of 0.96 was obtained.