Culture Circles in adolescent empowerment for the prevention of violence.
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 socio-political and cultural position in the adolescents towards the situations of vulnerability to violence, including the guarantee of human rights, justice and the combat of inequities; changes in the social relations, combat against discrimination and intolerance; expansion of access and reorientation of health services through intersectoral public policies. The intervention empowered the group of adolescents for the prevention of violence and permitted the inclusion of health professionals in the school context, from an interdisciplinary perspective, contributing to the establishment of social support and protection networks.
Graduate Program in Child and Adolescent Health, Centre of Health Sciences (CSS), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. Professor Morais Rego 1235, Cidade Universitária 50670-901, Recife , Pernambuco , Brazil.
Estela Maria Leite Meirelles
EM
Monteiro
Graduate Program in Child and Adolescent Health, Centre of Health Sciences (CSS), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. Professor Morais Rego 1235, Cidade Universitária 50670-901, Recife , Pernambuco , Brazil.
Waldemar Brandão
WB
Neto
Graduate Program in Child and Adolescent Health, Centre of Health Sciences (CSS), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. Professor Morais Rego 1235, Cidade Universitária 50670-901, Recife , Pernambuco , Brazil.
Luciane Soares
LS
de Lima
Associated Graduate Program in Nursing, UPE/UEPB, Faculdade de Enfermagem Nossa Senhora das Graças (FENSG), Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), Rua Arnóbio Marques 310, Santo Amaro 50100-130, Recife , Pernambuco , Brazil.
Jael Maria
JM
de Aquino
Graduate Program in Child and Adolescent Health, Centre of Health Sciences (CSS), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. Professor Morais Rego 1235, Cidade Universitária 50670-901, Recife , Pernambuco , Brazil.
Daniela Tavares
DT
Gontijo
Institute of Education, Research Centre on Child Studies (CIEC), University of Minho, campus de Gualtar 4710-057 , Braga , Portugal.
Beatriz Oliveira
BO
Pereira
adolescents; health education; high school; participatory action research; violence prevention; youth empowerment