Introdução: Para ingressar no ensino superior, a população jovem é submetida a um exame que qualifica o conhecimento acerca dos conteúdos ministrados durante a educação básica. Contudo, o processo de preparação para o ingresso numa universidade envolve eventos estressores, podendo ser um período de risco para o surgimento de transtornos mentais comuns e desempenho satisfatório das atividades cotidianas. Objetiv...
Introduction: Adolescence is characterized as a period of vulnerability to contamination by sexually transmitted infections(STI), and the development of educational technologies directed to this theme is vitally important. Objective: validate the game Previnix that is directed towards the knowledge construction about prevention, identification and treatment of STI in adolescence. Methods: Methodological researc...
Este estudo objetivou compreender como homens jovens em formação profissional relacionam masculinidades e cuidados à saúde no contexto do trabalho. Por meio de uma abordagem qualitativa, foram realizadas entrevistas individuais com 27 homens jovens, com idades entre 17 e 19 anos, matriculados em cursos técnicos vinculados ao Programa Jovem Aprendiz de uma escola técnica localizada em Recife/PE. As entrevistas f...
This study aimed to discuss the construction of "masculinities" in the discourse of adolescents participating in a sexual and reproductive health promotion project, carried out in a public school in Recife (PE) with 24 male adolescents enrolled in the 8th and 9th years of the Middle School. Through a qualitative approach, data collected through audio recording on digital equipment and with the par ticipant obse...
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 ...
This study set out to understand school violence from the perspective of different agents of an educational institution, using qualitative research with data obtained through interviews with 27 actors in a public school and submitted to thematic content analysis. The categories Manifestations of School Violence and School Violence Causes and Consequences emerged from the conversation. Participants highlighted s...
It is observed that men are more vulnerable to infections by Sexually Transmissible Diseases (STD) and to unwanted pregnancy due to not adopting preventive measures. The objective of this study was to describe and analyze the knowledge regarding sexually transmissible diseases, pregnancy and sexuality by a group of young men before and after a sexual/reproductive health promotion project, describe and evaluate ...
Fatherhood is a relatively unexplored subject in studies about teenage pregnancy. This study aimed to identify bio-psycho-social characteristics of teenagers, fathers, and to describe and analyze the meanings attributed to paternity by them. Qualitative study developed with 26 fathers in adolescence. Firstly, some bio-psycho-social data was collected by a structured questionnaire and secondly, a semi structured...
Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, 2007.; Estudar sobre crianças e adolescentes que fazem das ruas seu espaço de sobrevivência traz à tona o processo de vulnerabilidade social vivenciado por muitas famílias brasileiras marcadas pela situação de miséria, abandono e violência. Neste contexto, muitos adolescentes vivenciam a sexualidade e a possibilidade ou a experiência de ...