Adolescent health promotion based on community-centered arts education

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 26 - 33
• Main Authors: Farre, Anny Giselly Milhome da Costa, Pinheiro, Patrícia Neyva da Costa, Vieira, Neiva Francenely Cunha, Gubert, Fabiane do Amaral, Alves, Maria Dalva Dos Santos, Monteiro, Estela Maria Leite Meirelles
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent Health - standards; Child; Childrens health; Community-Based Participatory Research; Community-Based Participatory Research - methods; Conscientization; Education - methods; Empowerment; Female; Freire, Paulo (1921-1997); Health Education; Health Promotion; Health Promotion - methods; Humans; Internet; Male; Objectives; Primary care; Qualitative Research; Social Welfare - trends; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teenagers
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0078

To evaluate the contribution of arts education to health promotion of adolescents in situations of urban social vulnerability. Participatory evaluative research, with a qualitative approach, using as a reference the theoretical constructs of Paulo Freire's Conscientization and the Empowerment Evaluation as a method of collecting with adolescents and teachers of an arts education program in the field of the Family Health Strategy. Participants constructed a collective mission that represented the concept of adolescent health promotion. Arts education activities were prioritized and ranked with a mission focus, and over a three-month period, the program implemented health goals through art. In the reevaluation, the group presented a broad look at the implementation of activities and self-determination for change. Arts education is a potential space for nurses to act in the conscientization and empowerment of adolescent health in Primary Health Care.