RESUMO
El tema de la sexualidad en las instituciones académicas y de servicios se enmarca en perspectivas predominantemente biológicas, desdibujando la subjetividad inmersa en procesos sociales y culturales. Los significados construidos por el personal de salud en torno a la sexualidad impactan su formación y desempeño profesional. Se realizó una investigación cualitativa sobre el significado de la sexualidad en jóvenes pasantes de medicina de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, entrevistándolos porque sin ser titulados ejercen una práctica profesional autónoma e independiente como parte de su servicio social en comunidades rurales. Al analizar la información con base en la teoría fundamentada emergieron tres dicotomías: biológico-construcción-social; individuo-profesional y aprendizaje teórico-vivencias en la comunidad; estas evidencian el antagonismo del conocimiento adquirido durante su formación universitaria con énfasis biológico y los obstáculos para responder a las demandas de salud sexual y reproductiva de la población que atienden. Ellos se reconocen carentes de habilidades para enfrentar estos tópicos en su práctica profesional. Es relevante integrar la perspectiva subjetiva de este tema en los programas de las licenciaturas del área de la salud.
The subject of sexuality in academic and service institutions is perceived through predominantly biological conceptual perspectives, blurring the subjective component that is imbued in social and cultural processes. The meanings that medical staff construct around sexuality have implications in their professional development and practice. This work presents results from a qualitative study into the meaning of sexuality among medical interns from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco. In-depth interviews were conducted with students during their community service. This group was selected because they had finished their studies and were performing an independent and autonomous professional practice. The results, which were analyzed based on Grounded Theory, revealed three dichotomies: biology vs. social construction, individual vs. professional and theoretical learning vs. experiences in the community. The most relevant aspect revealed was the antagonism found between a medical intern's biology-centered academic knowledge and the challenge posed by their patients' reproductive and sexual health needs. The interns recognize that they lack the necessary skills to face issues of sexuality in their professional practice.
Assuntos
Humanos , Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Internato e Residência , Médicos , Prática Profissional , SexualidadeRESUMO
To understand and identity the meaning of sexuality in middle school girls and boys, the qualitative research was done. We made the in-depth unstructured interviews with 33 participants form July to October 1998. We analyzed the data according to the Collaizzi's phenomenological method. After repeated reading and interpretation of data, 15 themes and 7 basic structures were deducted. Followings were 7 basic structures: physical touch and exposure, relationship with male and female, difference between male and female, natural and inevitable life process, something should be hidden, interest and abstinence, and female as victim. According to above results, we would like to propose followings on the sexuality of middle school students: First, the research on the meaning of sexuality of high school and university students should be followed-up. Second, the measuring tool of sexual behaviour of the middle school students should be developed including the contents of 15 themes and 7 basic structures of this study.
