Prevention of adolescent pregnancy: a challenge for the sexual education

• Main Authors: Georgina Amayuela Mora, Sonia Patricia Ubillús Saltos
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Pinar del Río "Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca" 2015-09-01
• Series: Revista MENDIVE
• Subjects: embarazo en la adolescencia; prevención; educación sexual.
• Online Access: http://mendive.upr.edu.cu/index.php/MendiveUPR/article/view/1394

In Ecuador the profound social, have been creating the conditions for the development of new conceptions in the education of the sexuality. The necessity of taking actions in relation with the education of the sexuality is a challenge for the educators and the health personal. The objective of this paper is to offer psycho-pedagogical foundations for the prevention of adolescent pregnancy Theoretical and empiric methods were used in the present investigation, mainly. The work provides a system of psycho-pedagogical grounds to take into account in any proposal for adolescent pregnancy prevention.