ADOLESCENTS' SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT HEALTH AND DISEASE AND INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN EDUCATIONAL GROUPS

Authors

  • Elizabeth Teixeira
  • Sylvia Regina Vasconcellos de Aguiar Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA
  • Sarah Yasmin Pinto Leal Faculdade Metropolitana da Amazônia, Belém, PA https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2444-4290
  • Marilene Gonçalves Lopes Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA
  • Thais Garcia Raymond Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, PA
  • Lidiane Ketlin Fontel Cunha Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, PA
  • Thyago Douglas Pereira Machado Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, PA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6776-2785

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/217976929166

Keywords:

Adolescent, Health education, Nursing

Abstract

Aims: to analyze points of view profiles on health and diseases. Method: exploratory, qualitative research. Data was collected with 134 adolescences from the Unity of Family Health thought free words association technic and open questions. Results: prevalence of 15 to 17 years old female students with until 8th degree, single, familiar gains in between 1 to 2 minimum salaries. Most of them had never participated on educational groups and they had shown interest of participating on Saturdays morning in groups that educate about “health, prevention and care”. The social representations about health are mainly on alimentation, well been and care, concerning diseases they are mainly on pain and medication. Conclusion: the social representations are related with a sense of negativity, but concerning their relation with health it is mainly positive. There are interested of participating on educational groups with meters on sexuality, drugs, health/diseases processes, prevention, sports, educations and professions.

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Author Biographies

Elizabeth Teixeira

Professora Titular de Saude Publica da Universidade do Estado do Para
Departamento de Enfermagem Comunitaria

Sylvia Regina Vasconcellos de Aguiar, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA

DOCENTE DA ATIVIDADE CURRICULAR DE ENFERMAGEM OBSTÉTRICA GINECOLOGICA E NEONATAL.
EXPERIENCIA EM SAÚDE COLTIVA E SAUDE DA MULHER.

Sarah Yasmin Pinto Leal, Faculdade Metropolitana da Amazônia, Belém, PA

ENFERMEIRA, CURSANDO ESPECIALIZAÇÃO EM ENFERMAGEM OBSTETRICA E NEONATAL, MINISTRO AULA EM CURSO TÉCNICO DE ENFERMAGEM

Marilene Gonçalves Lopes, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA

Cursando Especialização em Saúde Coletiva

Thais Garcia Raymond, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, PA

Graduanda em Enfermagem da Universidade do Estado do Pará.

Lidiane Ketlin Fontel Cunha, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, PA

Graduanda em Enfermagem da Universidade do Estado do Pará.

Thyago Douglas Pereira Machado, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, PA

Graduando de enfermagem da universidade do estado do pará, participo do grupo de pesquisa PESCA ( PESQUISA EM SAUDE CUIDADO NA AMAZONIA).

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Published

2014-07-10

How to Cite

Teixeira, E., Aguiar, S. R. V. de, Leal, S. Y. P., Lopes, M. G., Raymond, T. G., Cunha, L. K. F., & Machado, T. D. P. (2014). ADOLESCENTS’ SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT HEALTH AND DISEASE AND INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN EDUCATIONAL GROUPS. Revista De Enfermagem Da UFSM, 4(1), 197–205. https://doi.org/10.5902/217976929166

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Artigos Originais

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