Actions to prevent sexual violence against adolescents: an integrative literature review

Rev Bras Enferm. 2021 Jan 22;74(suppl 4):e20190876. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0876. eCollection 2021.
[Article in English, Spanish]

Abstract

Objective: to identify actions to prevent adolescent sexual violence.

Method: an integrative literature review of five databases, Medline/Pubmed, Scopus, Lilacs, Bdenf, Cinahl using the following descriptors "adolescent" "adolescence" "youth" "primary prevention" "prevention" "primary" "sexual violence", plus the Boolean operators AND and OR, with a final sample of 24 articles; the evidence was assessed by the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation.

Results: the review identifies different structures of the study object, classified in the categories "Interventions with programs created by authors" and "Interventions with standard programs".

Conclusion: there are actions to prevent sexual violence against adolescents; the participants' knowledge was assessed immediately after the intervention, but the assessment of the participants' acquisition of habits and behavioral changes was to a lesser extent; health prevention is crucial for society's healthy development, which demonstrates that its applicability in the environment directly favors human health.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Humans
  • Intimate Partner Violence / prevention & control*
  • Rape / prevention & control*
  • Sex Offenses / prevention & control*