Fabiano Augusto Teixeira

UM PANORAMA ACERCA DA PRODUÇÃO CIENTÍFICA NACIONAL SOBRE EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA E SEXUALIDADE

Introduction: We have been observing the growth and strengthening of the academic-scientific production through individual or research groups with common interests. However, up to present moment, we have not identified qualitative and quantitative information on the theme “sexuality.” Thus, this constitutes a gap in knowledge, both in Health Care as in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Objective: The aim of the present study is to investigate the Brazilian research groups devoted to study the topic “sexuality.” These groups are registered in the Directory of Research Groups created by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). The secondary endpoint of our study is to analyze the scientific production of the leaders and vice-leaders of these groups in the last three years (2010-2012). Materials and Methods: Data were obtained from an advanced research carried out directly from the Brazilian Directory of Research Group database hosted on the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development website. We searched materials with the term “sexuality” only. Subsequently, we carried out a new search using the Lattes Platform, in order to investigate the Lattes curriculum of the leaders and vice-leaders of research groups (RG) found. We delimited, as inclusion criteria for this survey, production in scientific journals, books, and book chapters published between 2010 and 2012. We considered only productions with the word “sexuality” in the title. Results: We found 343 groups, which are responsible for 3,670 published articles, 597 books, and 2,017 chapters of books. However, “sexuality” was addressed only by 2.91% of the articles, 7.03% of the books, and 9.17% of the chapters of books.