Author(s)

Jaime Cofre^1*, Lúcio S. Macedo², Rodolfo C. Braga², Allef V. P. G. de Moreira², Gustavo R. de Souza², Viviane M. Rodrigues³, Ricardo Nascimento⁴, Maria Salete M. Vieira⁴, Evaldo dos Santos⁴

¹Sexual and Reproductive Health Program, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
²Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
³Secretaria Municipal de Educa??o, Florianópolis, Brazil.
⁴Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.

The present article shows the connection between sex education workshops and mathematics teaching, and how schoolchildren can learn from this discipline more healthy and caring behaviors regarding their sexual life. The schoolchildren who have received sex education in the math context recall more about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and claim to be better acquainted with prevention methods. A significant advance of our sexual and reproductive health program is the sharp decrease of 15% (p < 0.025) among adolescents who never use condoms. Thus, the teaching of mathematics adequately oriented to sex education may contribute (along with other school disciplines) to greater protection of adolescents, in the southern region of Brazil. Also, it is possible to confirm that creative educational strategies can make a big difference in the prevention of adolescents and young people contamination with STDs, in Brazil and worldwide.

Sexual Education, School-Based Sex Education, Education of Adolescents, Mathematic Lessons, STDs Prevention

Cofre, J. , Macedo, L. , Braga, R. , de Moreira, A. , Souza, G. , Rodrigues, V. , Nascimento, R. , M. Vieira, M. and Santos, E. (2018) Using Mathematics Lessons in Adolescents’ Sex Education. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 6, 204-230. doi: 10.4236/jss.2018.67016.