Approach to sexuality among older adults for Primary Health Care professionals
ABSTRACT Objectives: to reveal Primary Health Care professionals’ experience regarding the approach to sexuality among older adults. Methods: this is exploratory research with a qualitative approach, carried out with 40 healthcare professionals, including physicians and nurses, who participated in...
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| author | Fernanda Alencar de Almeida Pereira Fabrício Gilka Paiva Oliveira Costa Ana Mabel Sulpino Felisberto Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes Moreira Antônia Lêda Oliveira Silva Josiane Maria Oliveira de Souza |
| author_facet | Fernanda Alencar de Almeida Pereira Fabrício Gilka Paiva Oliveira Costa Ana Mabel Sulpino Felisberto Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes Moreira Antônia Lêda Oliveira Silva Josiane Maria Oliveira de Souza |
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| description | ABSTRACT Objectives: to reveal Primary Health Care professionals’ experience regarding the approach to sexuality among older adults. Methods: this is exploratory research with a qualitative approach, carried out with 40 healthcare professionals, including physicians and nurses, who participated in a semi-structured interview. The interviews were recorded and analyzed using the thematic content analysis technique. Results: the data were analyzed and grouped into five empirical categories: Descriptions of sexuality; Difficulties in addressing sexuality; Importance of addressing sexuality among older adults; Professional indicated to address sexuality; and Older adults’ perceptions about sexuality according to healthcare professionals. Final Considerations: the study demonstrated that professionals face difficulties in addressing sexuality among older adults, which reinforces the stereotype of asexuality. Therefore, it is necessary to seek to address this issue in care planning actions and seek to overcome related cultural and social barriers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fa2b408462c04062a8f804aa16604de92025-08-20T03:24:22ZengAssociação Brasileira de EnfermagemRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem1984-04462025-06-0178210.1590/0034-7167-2024-0199Approach to sexuality among older adults for Primary Health Care professionalsFernanda Alencar de Almeida Pereira Fabríciohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2347-7341Gilka Paiva Oliveira Costahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8990-5644Ana Mabel Sulpino Felisbertohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3218-5228Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes Moreirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9460-9172Antônia Lêda Oliveira Silvahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7758-2035Josiane Maria Oliveira de Souzahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8400-2948ABSTRACT Objectives: to reveal Primary Health Care professionals’ experience regarding the approach to sexuality among older adults. Methods: this is exploratory research with a qualitative approach, carried out with 40 healthcare professionals, including physicians and nurses, who participated in a semi-structured interview. The interviews were recorded and analyzed using the thematic content analysis technique. Results: the data were analyzed and grouped into five empirical categories: Descriptions of sexuality; Difficulties in addressing sexuality; Importance of addressing sexuality among older adults; Professional indicated to address sexuality; and Older adults’ perceptions about sexuality according to healthcare professionals. Final Considerations: the study demonstrated that professionals face difficulties in addressing sexuality among older adults, which reinforces the stereotype of asexuality. Therefore, it is necessary to seek to address this issue in care planning actions and seek to overcome related cultural and social barriers.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672025000200166&lng=en&tlng=enAgedSexualityHealth PersonnelCarePrimary Health Care. |
| spellingShingle | Fernanda Alencar de Almeida Pereira Fabrício Gilka Paiva Oliveira Costa Ana Mabel Sulpino Felisberto Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes Moreira Antônia Lêda Oliveira Silva Josiane Maria Oliveira de Souza Approach to sexuality among older adults for Primary Health Care professionals Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Aged Sexuality Health Personnel Care Primary Health Care. |
| title | Approach to sexuality among older adults for Primary Health Care professionals |
| title_full | Approach to sexuality among older adults for Primary Health Care professionals |
| title_fullStr | Approach to sexuality among older adults for Primary Health Care professionals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Approach to sexuality among older adults for Primary Health Care professionals |
| title_short | Approach to sexuality among older adults for Primary Health Care professionals |
| title_sort | approach to sexuality among older adults for primary health care professionals |
| topic | Aged Sexuality Health Personnel Care Primary Health Care. |
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