Health promotion actions in the School Health Program in Ceará: nursing contributions

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

卷:74

关键词: Nursing;    Health Promotion;    Disease Prevention;    Family Health Strategy;    School Health Services;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0769

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACTObjectives: to compare health promotion actions carried out by Family Health teams in Ceará, linked to the School Health Program.Methods: a cross-sectional study involving the first and second cycles of an external assessment of 910 and 1,626 teams from 184 municipalities, which joined the Brazilian National Program for Improvement of Access and Quality of Primary Care. Eight clinical assessment and seven health promotion indicators were assessed, together with health professionals working in schools.Results: the interviewees were nurses (95.6% and 98.3%). Between the cycles, there was an increase in clinical assessment (78.7% and 91.3%), health promotion and disease prevention (82.5% and 89.3%) and survey of students for follow-up (41.4% and 66.4%) in schools.Conclusions: health actions at school advanced between cycles, with nurses as protagonists in school health, which can reduce vulnerabilities in children and adolescents and qualify Primary Care.

【 授权许可】

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