This article discusses the theory and practice of health and education, beginning with the notion of the hegemony (in health education practice) of strategies linked to the notion that to grasp established knowledge always leads to the acquisition of new behaviors and practices. Five different axioms have oriented education and health practices, either juxtaposed or at different moments: (1) the notion of overcoming the determination of knowledge over practices; (2) the determination of representations over practices; (3) the analysis of representations within the traditional framework of right and wrong; (4) reciprocity between representations and practices; and (5) the importance of considering practices amenable to re-elaboration through representations, thus situating experience in understanding subjects' illness processes, as well as the way subjects culturally construct illness. The article highlights the need for a link between social representations and illness-as-experience in health education practices.
O objetivo do estudo foi analisar percepções e experiências em Educação em Saúde de 166 profissionais de equipes de Saúde da Família de Contagem (MG, Brasil), que responderam um questionário sobre práticas de Educação em Saúde. Os participantes consideraram aspectos além da finalidade informativa, ao relatar práticas voltadas à qualidade de vida e à formação humana. Todas as categorias profissionais mencionaram uma maior participação em grupos de controle da hipertensão arterial sistêmica e diabetes mellitus. Utilizam a pedagogia de Paulo Freire 4,7% dos entrevistados. Termos que demonstram a intencionalidade política, como “controle social” e “Educação Popular em Saúde” não foram mencionados. Foi constatada a necessidade de processos de educação permanente para os profissionais e implementação da política nacional de Educação Popular em Saúde.
Objective: to analyze the health vulnerabilities in adolescence associated with socioeconomic conditions, social networks, drugs and violence from the perspective of students. Method:cross-sectional study with 678 students between 14-15 years old in Contagem, Brazil. A selfadministered questionnaire divided into modules by subject was used. Quantitative, descriptive and stratified analyses were performed by sex. Results: high percentage of adolescents (40.4%) were beneficiaries of Government financial support called "Bolsa Família" and 14.6% had a job, 57.1% and 23.6% had tried alcohol and tobacco, respectively. We identified 15% of aggression and 26.7% of bullying. The majority informed they never/rarely talk to parents about the daily difficulties (64.5%) and 22% reported insomnia and/or feelings of loneliness.Conclusion: the results indicated that there is a need to intensify educational activities that seek to develop cognitive, affective and social skills aimed at improving the way adolescents face the vulnerabilities, in these activities, nursing has a fundamental role.
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