RESUMO
Introduction: objective was to clarify the nature of the information which the children of the hospitable staff received from their relatives about the physical and psychological alterations of the puberty
Patient and methods: study was transverse and descriptive, with 100 agents of the hospitable staff, proceeding of a questionnaire to structured answers
Results: The agents informed theirchildren about physical alterations before their arisen in 56 per cent of cases, menstruations in 74 per cent of cases and ejaculation in 34 per cent of cases respectively in an average age of 10,6 years, 10,9 years and 13,9 years. The high level of the professional category was correlated with the information about the ejaculation, and with that about the puberty psychological effects. The female genital organ of the relative [parent] was correlated to information about the morphological and psychological alterations of the puberty
Conclusion: information about morphological alterations and signs of sexual maturity, were frequently delayed with regard to the beginning of the juvenile process. The psychological aspect was relatively neglected. What illustrates on one hand the importance of the taboo of the sexuality in our company [society] and on the other hand, the lack of sensitization of the hospitable staff on the importance of this information for the health of the children