title: [Actions of education health for child and adolescents in the city of Vitória].
abstract: This was a cross-sectional study carried in six Family Health Units, for direct observation of educative activities. The objective was to evaluate the actions of Education Health carried through in the informative sessions that approached the following subjects: family planning, breast feeding, families registered in Nutrition Programmes and children in nutritional risk. For the study proposed we establish that al action developed out side the individual approach to resolved heath problems will be considerer as health education. The unprepared of some professionals for the full functioning of the activities can still be observed. The findings of this study disclose the little participation of these Units in the accomplishment of educative activities on family planning come back toward the adolescents. Concerning the activities developed for the families registered in Nutrition Programmes, excellent subjects as the importance to appear the educative activities of the unit had been boarded in the most part of the lectures. The social activities for children in nutritional risk are carried out together with the families of the Nutrition Programmes. Although we observed several activities we still need to improved the multidisciplinary work to implement the heath promotion.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória ES. carlaenfermagem@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Carla Braga
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Janaína Menezes
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Frechiani
authors.forename: Fátima Maria
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Ethel Leonor Noia
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Maciel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000517:prevention & control; D014505:Urban Population