Integral sex education in the training of psychology students

Abstract

The objective of this research was to describe and analyze the content and application of the academic unit program (PUA) of "Human Sexuality" of the degree program in psychology at the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC). This analysis based on the link that must exist between such training and both the international guidelines on sexual education and sustainable development, as well as the transversal axes of equity and university social responsibility of the Institutional Development Plan (PDI) of the UABC 2019- 2023. The techniques used were: mapping based on the educational programs of 32 public universities in the country; content analysis to the PUA of "Human Sexuality" and three focus groups with nine students who had already completed the aforementioned UA. It was found that more than half of the country's public universities integrate subjects related to sexuality into their psychology degree programs; that the analyzed PUA requires the inclusion of topics related to the socio-cultural aspect of sexuality, such as: values ​​and sexuality; culture and sexuality; sexual and reproductive rights; gender violence; inclusion and sexual diversity and stigma and STIs, and that students recognize that psychologists should be prepared to carry out comprehensive sexual education processes, something that they recognize as an urgent need in Mexican society.