Health Promotion in Children and Youth: Contributions of Social Work in Building Collaborative Networks in Schools in Portugal

From Health Literacy to Self-Care: Contributions of the Specialist Nurse in Rehabilitation Nursing

“…In studies that have been carried out in the country, especially with older people [11,13,14], SNRNs have found that an investment in health literacy in earlier age groups would have the potential to prevent some complications later in life. In Portugal, although such investment is being made, namely among the child and adolescent population [15,16], weaknesses are denoted in adulthood.…”

“…In fact, although it is consensual that the investment in health literacy should occur as early as possible in childhood/adolescence [17], which has been evident in programmes already implemented in the country [15,16], it is known that, in the current context, the adult population has not had access to this type of interventions. This fact justifies the investment in actions to promote health literacy in this age group.…”

Social Work Practices for Children, Youth and Families in Portugal: Challenges and Approaches

“…The last two articles illustrate projects developed in school contexts, for health promotion and prevention of substance addictions. Silva and Teles (2019) in their article "Health promotion in children and youth: Contributions of social work in building collaborative networks in schools in Portugal" present a school social work intervention named Health Platform at School and the work developed by the municipality of Cascais in this platform. The project is based on a collaborative partnership network where social work develops a collective intervention for health promotion among children and young people.…”