Sexual health, adolescents and young adults. A study regarding requested interventions in the prevention and health promotion work with sexual health in the region of Västra Götaland.

摘要

We have from three studies examined how adolescents and young adults, actors and the researchfield describes the preventive and health promotion work with sexual health. The questions weasked ourselves was based on what efforts adolescents and young adults demand, whether there aredifferences between age, gender, place of residence, ethnicity, employment, and sexual orientation.Furthermore, we investigate if these requirements are consistent with the offered interventions fromparticipants, as well as which perspectives the work with STI / HIV and SRHR issues should bebased on. The investigation concerns the work of Västra Götaland and is answered by interviewswith participants regarding the activities offered by actors, a quantitative analysis and text analysisof the answers of adolescents and young adults, and an international research overview of theresearch field. Our results show a high demand for basic preventive work from the adolescents andyoung adults. Furthermore, there is an increased demand of action from men, LGBTQ group anddepending on the place of residence. This is because the actors have a precedence in the definitionof sexuality and sexual health. Adolescents and young adults, as well as the informants, requestsmore focus on SRHR issues, and a common understanding of sexual health and sexuality. Theconclusion is that the preventive and health promotion work should be more based on a humanistic and social constructionist perspective. In this way, sexual health could be seen as a right rather than a need.