title: Health workers' perceptions of Italian female adolescents: a qualitative study about sexuality, contraception, and caring practices in family health centers.
abstract: Our aim was to explore health workers' perceptions of providing sexuality and contraception care for female adolescents within family health centers. We interviewed 26 volunteer health workers and analyzed the interviews using thematic analysis. We identified three main themes: (a) "adolescents and sexuality," with the subthemes "initiation rite," "me like the others," and "just for fun"; (b) "adolescents and contraception," with the subthemes "omnipotent adolescents," "aware adolescents," and "women's responsibility"; and
authors.affiliation: a Psychology Department , Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; and CRIdee, Milan , Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Giulia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Olivari
authors.affiliation: a Psychology Department , Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; and CRIdee, Milan , Italy.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.affiliation: a Psychology Department , Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; and CRIdee, Milan , Italy.
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stagni Brenca
authors.affiliation: a Psychology Department , Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; and CRIdee, Milan , Italy.
authors.forename: Emanuela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Confalonieri
authors.affiliation: a Psychology Department , Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; and CRIdee, Milan , Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Blasio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003267:Contraception / Q000523:psychology*; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007558:Italy; D036301:Qualitative Research; D019529:Sexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*