Where teenagers aaake love? the opinion of portuguese nurses in primary health care
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The underground, unconfort and anxiety of enviroment
where fírst sexual retation happens, increases urgency and no
planification of the moment, and these things can retire the safety,
calm and fullness required for the moment. (Andrade, 1996; De Luca,
2011). The best would be that any teenager have his first sexual
relation with someone affectíve involved and he or she have sexual
conflicts solved and teenagers should have a responsible attitude
about anticonceptional methods and STD's. (Andrade, 1996; Miguel,
1997; Brás, 2008). Some studies say that only 21% of boys and 5% of
girls have sexual retations at home, the majority have on the beach
or in the car and bedroom (Sampaio, 2006; De Luca, 2011).
Objectives: To know the opinion of nurses fronn primary health care
about the place where teenagers have sexual relations.
Methods: This is a quantitative descriptive and explanatory
cross-correlated studyin a sample of 1735 nurses from Portuguese
226 health centers.
Results: Nurses said that most popular ptaces are: car (42. 8%),
bedroom (17. 8%), beach (18. 1%), and field (15. 1%). Nurses from
Subregion of Health: Faro, Oporto, Setúbal, Lisbon, Viana do
Castelo, Madeira Island, Viseu and Leiria reported most frequently
the beach and the bedroom. Nurses from Lisbon and Algarve Health
Regton choose bedroom and beach. Nurses from Alentejo, Açores
Island, North and Middle Country Health Reagion choose car and
field.
Conclusions: The chi-square test suggests statistically signiticant
relationship between the opinion of nurses and the region and
subregion health where they work (P < 0. 001).
