O aborto como um problema de saúde pública: contribuições para o debate nas áreas da saúde e educação

Abstract

Abortion is a present subject since earlier times and the interest in such subject increases as years pass, since it is a multidisciplinary issue with a relevant importance. Nowadays, abortion represents a serious issue in public health system, widely practiced through inadequate means that can lead to damages and cause the death of the woman. This subject has been added to Brazilian educational system through National Curriculum Guidelines by the development of the transversal subjects. In this context, this work aimed to analyze the action of elementary school teachers facing the sexuality subject, carry out an analysis of didactic books suggested by the National Program of Highschool Book and perform a comparative study of issues concerning abortion, according to the understanding of undergraduate students in Health and Human Sciences, including the comparison of the comprehension of the subject through the point of view of men and women in order to obtain the understanding of the youth about the subject. From these data it has been built a tool aiming to aid the teaching of the abortion subject contributing to the citizen formation. On the basis of the analyzes of the data collected, it is believed that the theme abortion should be treated on a continuous basis and urgent for the concepts that are assimilated and understood in order to serve as a basis for decision-making and contributed to the formation of the citizen. Therefore, the issue of abortion needs to win the space in the environment at school so that the pupils have a space for discussion and can, therefore, to answer their questions and concerns. It is part of the school and of educators offer this knowledge to the students preparing citizens aware on their bodies and their sexuality.