Culture Circles in adolescent empowerment for the prevention of violence

Abstract

An action research based on Paulo Freire's Culture Circles was developed to implement a health education intervention involving adolescents, in collective knowledge construction about strategies for the prevention of violence. The data collection in the Culture Circles involved 11 adolescents and included observation and field diary, photographic records and recording. The educational action aroused a critical socio-political and cultural position in the adolescents towards the situations of vulnerability to violence, including the guarantee of human rights, justice and the combat of inequities; changes in the social relations, combat against discrimination and intolerance; expansion of access and reorientation of health services through intersectoral public policies. The intervention empowered the group of adolescents for the prevention of violence and permitted the inclusion of health professionals in the school context, from an interdisciplinary perspective, contributing to the establishment of social support and protection networks.

The care network of the families involved in violence against children and adolescents: the Primary Health Care perspective

“…, Monteiro et al . ). The construction and implementation of public policies can further these characteristics.…”

“…Most of the social policies ignore the universes of family and community, or the territory or territories the families live in (Cismaru , Wright & Fagan , Monteiro et al . ).…”

“…The fact of living in vulnerable communities leads the individuals to confine themselves in their precarious homes, isolated from the problems of their neighbourhood, without access to the services, goods and spaces of the city (Monteiro et al . ).…”

“…It is highlighted that these aspects – intersectorial approach, integrality, accessibility, referral and counter‐referral, community participation and mobilisation, individual and community empowerment – interact with an expanded concept of health and constitute principles and guidelines that represent the solid base of the internationally renowned Brazilian Unified Health System (Monteiro et al . ).…”

Institutional links to cope with school violence: an exploratory study

“…Hence, students will be given a voice, making part of the construction of a more affectionate and less violent environment, with the insertion of the concepts of citizenship, coexistence and culture. 5,14 The literature reports that young adolescents value the rules of coexistence, request the discussion of topics related to school violence, and claim for more monitoring, more teachers in schools and stronger dialog with teachers. 15 The fragility of the network when coping with school violence is evident in the area of social care.…”