1. Tírala Plena: findings from the formative research to inform the initiative "Reaching those most left behind through comprehensive sexuality education for out-of-school young people" in Colombia.
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Vega Casanova, Jair, Blanco, Johanna, Rovira, Natalia Buitrago, Pulido Jaramillo, Diana Matilde, Pacheco, Karen Adrians, and Camacho-Hubner, Alma Virginia
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HIV infection epidemiology , *PREVENTION of sexually transmitted diseases , *SEXUALLY transmitted disease treatment , *HIV prevention , *VIOLENCE prevention , *EPIDEMIOLOGY of sexually transmitted diseases , *IMMIGRANTS , *MEMORY , *FOCUS groups , *INJECTIONS , *HEALTH services accessibility , *SOCIAL norms , *RURAL conditions , *PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability , *GROUNDED theory , *TUBAL sterilization , *INTERVIEWING , *VIOLENCE , *SEX education , *SEX education for teenagers , *HEALTH literacy , *GENDER , *ATTITUDES toward illness , *MEDICAL protocols , *TEENAGE pregnancy , *RESEARCH funding , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *ACCESS to information , *ATTITUDES toward pregnancy , *METROPOLITAN areas , *CONDOMS , *INDUSTRIAL research , *ADULT education workshops , *CONTRACEPTIVE drugs , *HEALTH promotion - Abstract
This paper presents the results of formative research conducted from January to June 2020 in the Department of Atlántico, Caribbean region of Colombia, whose findings were used as inputs to design the national strategy for comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) outside school – Tírala Plena – including its curriculum. This is within the framework of the multi-country project coordinated by UNFPA and WHO aimed at generating evidence on the role of facilitators in the delivery of CSE in non-school contexts. The research was carried out in four municipalities in northern Colombia, in rural and marginal urban contexts with conditions of vulnerability for the adolescent population, including a strong presence of migrant populations from Venezuela. A total of 150 male and female adolescents ages 10–17 participated in the formative research. Workshops such as patchwork quilt, body mapping and talking maps were used as methods to gather information. The groups were divided by sex and age (10–13 years old and 14–17 years old). Knowledge, attitudes and social norms regarding adolescent pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, including human immunodeficiency virus, and gender-based violence, were identified in adolescents (schooled and not schooled, but with minimal or no access to CSE). All of the above enabled us to establish a set of recommendations for the strengthening of the CSE strategy Tírala plena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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