[en] Introduction: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have a significant impact on public and social health, mainly affecting the adolescent population, due to the promiscuity of sexual relations, their low perception of risky sexual behaviour and the scarce or incorrect information on sexual health and STD prevention. Sex education should be provided in schools and homes from early childhood; however, its scope is still limited, as adolescents are distrustful of discussing sexuality issues with teachers, parents and/or guardians. This group does not resort to health personnel to talk about the subject, however, the nursing personnel have a main role in sex education, so it is necessary to assess whether the sex education provided in schools and homes is sufficient or whether the intervention of these professionals is necessary to prevent risky sexual behaviour. Objectives: To define the degree of knowledge presented by secondary school teachers in the institutes of the Ferrol region on sexual health and STD prevention, to address the difficulties presented by parents and/or guardians in the sexual education of their children and to justify the need for nursing professionals to carry out sexual education interventions. Methodology: A study with a mixed methodology is proposed, with a quantitative and a qualitative part. With regard to the quantitative methodology, a cross-sectional descriptive study will be carried out by means of a questionnaire to teachers of compulsory secondary education (ESO) in educational centres in the region of Ferrol. In the qualitative part, a phenomenological study will be carried out through semi-structured interviews with the parents and/or guardians of the students belonging to those educational centres.

[gl] Introdución: As enfermidades de transmisión sexual (ETS) teñen un impacto importante na saúde pública e social, afectando principalmente á poboación adolescente, debido á promiscuidade nas relacións sexuais, a súa escasa percepción de condutas sexuais de risco e a información limitada ou incorrecta sobre saúde sexual e prevención das ETS. A educación sexual debería impartirse en escolas e fogares desde a primeira infancia, con todo, o seu alcance aínda é limitado, xa que os adolescentes aínda teñen desconfianza para falar dos seus problemas sexuais con mestres, pais, nais e / ou titores. Este colectivo non recorre ao persoal sanitario para falar sobre o tema, máis, o persoal de enfermaría ten un papel principal na educación sexual, por iso é necesario avaliar se a educación sexual proporcionada en escolas e fogares é suficiente ou e necesaria a intervención destes profesionais para evitar comportamentos sexuais de risco. Obxetivos: Definir o grao de coñecemento que presentan os profesores da ESO de institutos da rexión de Ferrol sobre saúde sexual e prevención das ETS, abordar as dificultades que os pais, nais e/ou titores presentan na educación sexual dos seus fillos e xustificar a necesidade de profesionais de enfermaría para realizar intervencións de educación sexual. Metodoloxía: Proponse un estudo cunha metodoloxía mixta, cunha parte cuantitativa e outra cualitativa. No que respecta á metodoloxía cuantitativa, realizarase un estudo descritivo transversal a través dun cuestionario aos docentes de educación secundaria obrigatoria (ESO) dos centros educativos da rexión de Ferrol. Na parte cualitativa realizarase un estudo fenomenolóxico mediante entrevistas semiestruturadas cos pais dos alumnos pertencentes a estes centros educativos.