title: Participation of adolescents in the Family Health Strategy from the theoretical-methodological structure of an enabler to participation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the participation of adolescents in the Family Health Strategy, from the theoretical-methodological structure of an enabler to participation.
  
  
  METHODS
  a quantitative study, conducted from December of 2010 to March of 2011, with 213 professionals in the FHS in the region of Cariri-Ceará-Brazil. Data were collected through a questionnaire and organized in SPSS 18.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the level of normative participation becomes manifest beginning with the adolescent search for health services, motivated by disease (77.9%). Normative participation + independence appear when they seek prenatal care and family planning. Emancipatory participation was identified by the frequency of adolescents in group activities, in the schools, and a move in the direction of the level of transformative participation was observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  in this context, it is understood that there exists a need to stimulate the participatory process of the adolescents for a change in health promotion in this group.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade Vale do Salgado, Icó, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Roberta Peixoto
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sílvia Helena Pereira
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria de Fátima Antero Sousa
authors.initials: Mde F
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Juazeiro do Norte, Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Italla Maria Pinheiro
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Bezerra
authors.affiliation: Faculdade Maurício de Nassau, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Caroline Antero
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Machado
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003256:Community Participation; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult