[Significance of sex education in the parents-adolescents relationship].
This study had as reference the phenomenological sociology of Alfred Schütz. This author had as purpose understanding parents and adolescents' behavior towards sexual education. The phenomenological interview, used to gather data from parents and youngsters, allowed the understanding of the types: "parents who educate adolescents for sexual life" and "adolescents who are educated for sexual life". The comparative analyses of these two types showed the need of implementing a dialog about sexual life among parents and teenagers enabling the youngster to have a satisfying and safe sexual initiation. The comprehensive social action theory by Schütz was presented, in this study, as an educational health strategy. According to the author, there is a need of considering the person's inner existential preoccupations in order to understand his/her social behavior towards sexual matters.
Departamento de Enfermagem Básica, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora.
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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012736:Sex Education