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

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.

Confronting situations of violence against children and adolescents from the perspective of Guardianship Counselors

“…Faced with this need, programs like PREVENT (Preventing Violence through Education, Networking, and Technical Assistance) have emerged. This program offers educational interventions based on pre-established and free pedagogical guides, and programs offered by governmental entities that present, among others, teaching methodology and content for professional training, focused on education and technical assistance based on evidence for the prevention of violence ( 30 ) .…”