Collaborative practices for group intervention with adolescents and health professionals about sexuality

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to report the experience of collaborative intervention as a possibility for construction of alternative discourses about adolescents and sexualities. It is a collaborative action-research involving: steps of construction of the intervention; group organization and development; evaluation interviews. The process of meaning making was recorded by field notes, group audio and interviews, sensitized by Collaborative Practices. It involved eight teenagers, nine professionals and researchers, in both planning and development. The group itself comprised seven meetings and followed the chosen together themes: gender and sexuality; puberty; contraceptive methods; adolescent sexuality; parenting / maternity in adolescence; alcohol and other drugs; choices and repercussions. We narrate relationship as participating researchers and highlight the participation of three adolescents in the group. We highlight the collaborative action and the singularity of people, avoiding labeling, therefore the power of collaborative practices for democratic attitudes in group construction and management, favoring conversations about sexuality in adolescence.