SOCIAL WORK AND SEXUAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOL

Abstract

Sexual education in schools is a matter of first importance in
our country, considering that statistics show that every year one
hundred thousand young girls make an abortion and there are a
million sexually transmitted diseases every year. Therefore, for a
good physical and mental health of the new generation,
adequate sexual education is required, especially in high
schools, which involve an interdisciplinary team: school
physician, school psychologist, social worker. The paper makes
a study on adolescent information levels based on a 20-question
questionnaire applied to 100 high school students aged 15-19,
girls and boys. The questions of the questionnaire refer to the
level of sexual education of the young, the relationship with
parents (in relation to sexuality), the way the school engages in
this education, the responsibility and the level of satisfaction of
the teenagers for the interest shown by the parents and the
professors/education system on this issue. The results obtained in
the questionnaire make us think that setting up counseling
centers on sex life issues could clearly contribute to improve the
future social and family adaptation of adolescents, leading to a
decrease in the number of abortion and divorces over time.