Research Lines

1. Public Policies, Education and Promotion of Sexual HealthResponsible: Mariela Castro Espín

Objective: propose a National Sexual Education Program, which in practice facilitates integral sexuality and sexual health education of the Cuban population.
Projects and responsible persons:
• National Sexual Education Program (PRONES, Spanish acronym)
Responsible: MsC. Mariela Castro Espín

• Cuban Program of Sexual Health (ProCUSS, Spanish acronym)
Responsible: MsC. Rosa Mayra Rodríguez Lauzurique

2. Education and Sexual Health in local community development

Responsible: Dr. Ramón Rivero Pino

Objective: Substantiate ways that help transversing of sexuality education in the local communitarian development strategies
Projects and responsible persons::
• Community transformation project for free time use
Responsible: MsC. Ana María Cano López
• Hegemonic masculinity and emerging paternities in Cuba
Responsible: Dr. Ramón Rivero Pino
• Problematic of masculinities in Cuba. Intervention strategies in diverse social groups – collaboration project
Responsible: Dr. Ramón Rivero Pino
• Program for Sexual Health Promotion with community self-development approach  Responsible: Nadina Peñalver
• Program for the prevention of sexual abuse in children and adolescents with community self-development approach
Responsible: MsC. Ana María Cano López

3.    Education and Sexual Health in children and adolescents

Responsible: Dr. Natividad Guerrero Borrego.

Objective: Substantiate theoretical assumptions on sexual education of children, adolescents and youth and elaborate a Program for Sexual Health Promotion for these population groups with an approach of community self-development
Projects and responsible persons:
• Project for prevention of sexual abuse focused on children and adolescents as part of the National Program for Sexual Education.
Responsible: MsC. Ana María Cano
• Program for Sexual Health Promotion with community self-development approach
Responsible: Nadina Peñalver
• Sexuality education in people with special educational needs and/or disability
Responsible: Dr. Lucía Ajete García
• Pregnancy in risk ages. A challenge for sexual and reproductive health (UMAP, Spanish acronym)
Responsible: Dr. Natividad Guerrero Borrego

4.    Violence

Responsible: MsC. Ada Alfonso Rodríguez

Objective: Design an action plan for prevention and attention of violence against women based on the basic components of the National Health System
Projects and responsible persons:
• Model integral action plan for prevention and attention of violence against women within the national sexual education program
Responsible: MsC. Ada Alfonso Rodríguez
• Program for prevention of sexual abuse in boys, girls and adolescents with community self-development  approach
Responsible: MsC. Ana María Cano López
• Harassment of women at work
Responsible: Liset Mailén Imbert Milán

5. Gender, Sexuality and special education needs

Responsible: Dr. Lucía Ajete García

Objective: Design a technical-methodological proposal for sexuality education in persons with special education needs and/or disabilities
Projects and responsible persons:
• Sexuality education in people with special education needs and/or disabilities
Responsible: Dr. Lucia Ajete García

6. Sexual rights
Responsible: Manuel Vazquez Seijido
Objective: Propose the legal basis for the National Program for Sexual Health Education
Projects and responsible persons
• Legal bases of PRONES
Responsible: Manuel Vazquez Seijido
• Harassment of women at work
Responsible: Liset Mailén Imbert Milán

7. Attention to Trans People
Responsible: MsC. Mariela Castro Espín
Objective: Explain the need for social integration of the trans person as contribution to the processes of human emancipation and characterize the situation of social integration of trans people in the present Cuban society.
Projects and responsible persons:
• Strategy for social integration of trans people in Cuba
Responsible: MsC. Mariela Castro Espín

8. Communication, Education and Sexual Health Promotion
Responsible: MsC. Roberto Carlos Delgado Burgos
Objective: Design the bases of a social communication strategy for sexuality education