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Questões acerca da avaliação do comportamento sexual
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O comportamento sexual é uma das principais causas
das doenças de transmissão sexual (DTS) que se
tornaram fonte de preocupação crescente para os profissionais
de saúde, políticos e população em geral,
quer pelas suas consequências directas, nalguns casos
de vida ou de morte, quer pelas suas consequências indirectas
como sejam os custos sociais e económicos. A
opinião pública tende a dar especial atenção A prevenção secundária e terciária enquanto, sem dúvidas, a
prevenção primária é a intervenção mais importante.
A maneira de avaliar os comportamentos sexuais das
populações de modo a organizar programas de prevenção
primária passa, normalmente, por questionários estruturados do tipo dos utilizados em epidemiologia da
saúde. Ora a investigação tem demonstrado que uma
percentagem elevada de indivíduos não responde a
questões sobre temática sexual, reduzindo a validade
interna e externa das investigações epidemiológicas,
enviesando as conclusões e prejudicando, por isso, a
intervenção do psicólogo clínico da saúde que, ao organizar
programas de intervenção em prevenção
primária se baseará em dados incorrectos. O objectivo
da investigação aqui apresentada pretende identificar
as características de um grupo de risco (jovens) quanto
ao comportamento sexual, que não respondem a perguntas
de temática sexual, com o objectivo, por um
lado, de julgar se se devem considerar os dados disponíveis
benévolos ou, pelo contrário, se os dados disponíveis
deverão ser considerados mais graves e, por
outro lado, de discutir como se pode melhorar a comunicação
em investigação epidemiológica de modo a
recolher dados fidedignos.
ABSTRACT: The sexual behaviour is one main cause on transmission sexual diseases (TSD) which become a source of growing concern among health specialists, politicians and general population, either by their direct consequences - in some cases of life and death - as by, their indirect consequences, such as social and eco - nomic costs. The public opinion pay special attention to secondary and tertiary prevention while, in fact, the primary prevention is the most important intervention. The methodology to assess the population’s sexual behaviour in order to organise primary prevention programs is usually supported by structured surveys alike those questionnaires used on health epidemiology. Nevertheless, research has showed that an important percentage of subjects do not answer to questions on sexual thematic, which mean a narrowing of epidemiological research interna1 and externa1 validity, producing a bias on conclusions, prejudicing, therefore, the health clinical psychologist intervention, basing the organisation of their intervention programs on inaccurate data. The main goal of this research report is to identify the characteristics of a risk group (teenagers) regarding their sexual behaviour, whom did not answer to sexual thematic questions, aiming, in one hand, to establish if we should consider the available data as benevolent or, on contrary, if the available data should be taken as more serious and, in the other hand, to discuss how we can improve the communication in epidemiological research in order to obtain more reliable data.
ABSTRACT: The sexual behaviour is one main cause on transmission sexual diseases (TSD) which become a source of growing concern among health specialists, politicians and general population, either by their direct consequences - in some cases of life and death - as by, their indirect consequences, such as social and eco - nomic costs. The public opinion pay special attention to secondary and tertiary prevention while, in fact, the primary prevention is the most important intervention. The methodology to assess the population’s sexual behaviour in order to organise primary prevention programs is usually supported by structured surveys alike those questionnaires used on health epidemiology. Nevertheless, research has showed that an important percentage of subjects do not answer to questions on sexual thematic, which mean a narrowing of epidemiological research interna1 and externa1 validity, producing a bias on conclusions, prejudicing, therefore, the health clinical psychologist intervention, basing the organisation of their intervention programs on inaccurate data. The main goal of this research report is to identify the characteristics of a risk group (teenagers) regarding their sexual behaviour, whom did not answer to sexual thematic questions, aiming, in one hand, to establish if we should consider the available data as benevolent or, on contrary, if the available data should be taken as more serious and, in the other hand, to discuss how we can improve the communication in epidemiological research in order to obtain more reliable data.
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Análise Psicológica, 14, 13-21
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Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada