Projeto de extensão sexualidade responsável: ações do curso de enfermagem

Abstract

Introduction: In Brazil, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) have become a major public health problem due to their growth in recent years. These infections impact on people's quality of life, personal, family and social relationships, and intervention is necessary to prevent and perform early diagnosis and treatment. Objective: Describe the activities developed in the Responsible Sexuality Extension Project. Method: Descriptive study, of the type of experience report. After theorical and practical training, the extensionists performed health education activities on STI, distribution of condoms and lubricating gels and rapid tests were performed for hepatitis B and C, syphilis and HIV. The actions took place between October 2018 and March 2020 and targeted students and staff from educational institutions and the community at large. Result: 57 extensionists were training. 13 actions were carried out, mostly in educational institutions. A total of 15,536 condoms and 8,000 lubricating gels were distributed during the actions and deposited in dispensers in the bathrooms. Of the 573 individuals tested in project actions, 16 reactive results for syphilis and 2 hiv results were detected. A total of 2,294 rapid tests were performed. Conclusion: The university extension generated positive impacts on the formation of students while contributing to the confrontation of STI.