Realities and visions - sexual relations and sexual education in Nicaragua : report from a minor field study in León, Nicaragua, april-june 2002

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In Nicaragua, one girl out of four at the age of 17 has experienced her first pregnancy. With such a high frequency, adolescent pregnancy is a social issue, and contradictory messages are given to teenagers by influencing elements such as the family, the culture, the Catholic Church, school and Centro de Salud, the health centres. The aim of this study was to provide a situation analysis of how adolescent mothers perceive sexual education given to them in order to it make more efficient. The key questions were: 1. What kind of sexual education have adolescent women received up until they became mothers? 2. How do the adolescent women perceive the given sexual education and what causes could be found in their evaluation? 3. How could a better sexual education be given, to be able to fulfil the adolescent women's wishes for a complete sexual education? The study was made with a qualitative research method and performing interviews with adolescent mothers as the primary way of collecting data. Grounded theory served to interpret and analyse the material, and theoretically, various angles of approach were used in the investigation, for example feminist theory, attitude and behaviour theory, and communication theory. The material showed that the women are raised with myths and rumours about sexuality but had enough contraceptive knowledge to be able to protect them from getting pregnant. However, they faced social barriers against using them due to the contradictory messages. Centro de Salud proves potential of becoming a valuable source of a complete sexual education, not only ...