Healt education about sexually transmitted infections in the female prison environment: integrative review

Abstract

Objective: Analyse in the scientific literature the themes addressed in health education about Sexually Transmited Infections in the female prison environment. Method: Integrative literature review, carried out with articles published in Portugue, English and Spanish in the databases: LILACS, BDENF, IBECS, MEDLINE, SCOPUS, CINAHL, COCHRANE and the SCIELO library. Results: Ten articles were selected. As a health education approach for women in deprivation of liberty were: HIV/STI prevention and reduction, parther violence, male and female condom use, health promotion and prevention policies, use of ilicit drugs, contraception and pre counseling-conception. Conclusion: Knowing the educational themes developed about STIs in the female prision environment, reinforces the development of strategies that reach the real needs of this target audience.