Sexual active women’s beliefs in choosing or not contraceptive methods

Authors

  • Cristina Arreguy-Sena
  • Mirela Dias Gonçalves Henriques
  • Rosamary Aparecida Garcia Stuchi

Keywords:

Sexualidade, Educação sexual, Anticoncepção/métodos, Planejamento familiar

Abstract

We have interviewed 23 women from December 2000 to April 2001 at a Public Health Unit on a Family Health Program, aiming to analyze their beliefs regarding the use or not of contraceptive methods, and to identify their centrality or periphery axle. 123 beliefs were emitted and categorized in five types, each one of them classified in 11 structural units, representing rationales for supporting the beliefs. There was a tendency to centralize the beliefs, with a worrisome 47.15% of the women pertaining to type B: unwilling to accept changes. There is a need to discuss beliefs and partners as part of educational programs.

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Published

2008-05-30

How to Cite

1.
Arreguy-Sena C, Dias Gonçalves Henriques M, Garcia Stuchi RA. Sexual active women’s beliefs in choosing or not contraceptive methods. Rev Gaúcha Enferm [Internet]. 2008 May 30 [cited 2026 Aug. 11];24(1):79. Available from: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/rgenf/article/view/4440

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 1 (2003)

Section

Pesquisas

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