[School Health Program implementation in Fortaleza-CE: performance of the Family Health Strategy staff]

Rev Bras Enferm. 2012 Nov-Dec;65(6):1026-9. doi: 10.1590/s0034-71672012000600020.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

This work reports the experience of implementation of the School Health Program (PSE) by a team from the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in a public school in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. The activities included conference about the deployment of the PSE with teachers and members of the FHS, workshops with students, clinical and dental assessment for adolescents and delivery of Booklets of Adolescent Health. The implementation of the PSE allowed health professionals to perceive their social role as educators and provided adolescents a greater contact with the staff from FHS. The rapprochement between the school and the FHS is crucial to help teenagers to transform scientific knowledge into healthy behaviors.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Brazil
  • Family Health*
  • Humans
  • Program Evaluation
  • School Health Services*