Abordagem do enfermeiro frente à saúde sexual e reprodutiva de adolescentes: uma revisão narrativa

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Adolescence is a phase of doubts and experiments, in which various questions and fears arise, especially related to sexuality, causing young people to seek information from each other, on the internet or even not seek it at all. In this sense, communication and assistance to adolescents in conjunction with health services, the community, parents and educators, in a holistic way, is important, as they play an important role in the social lives of young people. OBJECTIVE: Prepare a synthesis of scientific publications about nursing interventions to promote the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents. METHOD: This is a narrative literature review study, constructed through a search for scientific publications in the Latin American and Caribbean Literature (LILACS) databases; Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo); Academic Google; Virtual Health Library/Nursing Database (VHL/BDENF); and Basic Care Notebooks of the Ministry of Health. RESULTS: 2,043 publications were identified, based on reading the title, summary and full text, 2,028 were excluded as they did not match the theme and inclusion criteria, the remaining 15 articles used in the preparation of this study. CONCLUSION: In view of the above throughout this review, the importance of providing comprehensive health care to adolescents, mainly related to sexual and reproductive health, is reiterated, in order to contribute to their positive sexual development and correct knowledge regarding the topic . The nurse has a special role as a facilitator, in which he can implement these activities and bring the target audience closer to health services, in addition to being able to contribute to improving the quality of life of adolescents