Gênero e sexualidade no currículo dos cursos de graduação em Saúde Coletiva

Abstract

Undergraduate courses in Collective Health are still recent in the country and over the years have sought to structure and build its identity. Gender and sexuality are social determinants of health that interfere with health conditions and access to care and that should be included in comprehensive training for health professionals. In light of this, this research sought to analyze the inclusion of gender and sexuality issues in the curriculum of undergraduate courses in public health in Brazil (CGSC). A documentary analysis was carried out of the course sheets that explicitly covered gender and sexuality issues in the courses. Out f the 17 CGSC analyzed, 12 of them have a total of 16 disciplines on such topics. Through content analysis, the Objectives, Program Content, Methodologies, Evaluation and References present in the referred sheets were investigated. In general, the subjects that appear in the sheets are "Gender", "Sexuality", Inequalities and social determinants in health "," Health care "and" Others ". In the Objectives of the sheets, the most frequent subject is Gender; in the Program Content, gender appears related to a variety of subjects; teaching Methodologies privilege the student's participation; Evaluation maily considers students´ participation in the classroom debates and seminars; in the References section, gender studies stand out, mainly related to women's health. It is concluded that despite the space already conquered by these themes, it is necessary to invest and expand this debate, mainly in relation to sexuality that have remained on the margins of the curriculum. It is necessary the restructuring and updating of the course sheets of public health undergraduate courses in order to provide training that overcomes prejudice