Educational practices on Sexually Transmitted Infections in light of complex thinking

Abstract

Intersectoral collaboration for health educational practices in the school environment is strengthened by the School Health Program. The objective of this study is to understand the development of educational practices on STI/HIV/AIDS carried out in schools from the perspective of the multidisciplinary health team, in light of complex thinking. This is a qualitative study that used constructivist grounded theory as an analysis method. Intensive interviews were carried out with 35 health professionals in two sample groups, audio-recorded, transcribed and analyzed, in three stages of coding: initial, focused and theoretical. The central category ‘Revealing the development of educational practices in STI/HIV/AIDS within the school’ emerges from nine subcategories that develop a dialogue with the work ‘The seven necessary knowledge for future education’. The STI/HIV/AIDS theme is considered a priority and pertinent knowledge for educational practices, which requires considering the complexity of the human being to understand profound issues inherent to the human condition, and which breaks the paradigm of fragmentation of knowledge. Educational practices need to go beyond lecture models, be diverse and face challenges and uncertainties, avoiding blindness in knowledge, teaching, understanding and human ethics, and bringing together young people, teachers and professionals.