title: [Adolescent support networks in a health care context: the interface between health, family and education].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Analyze adolescents' perceptions about support networks and their health needs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analytical and interpretive study using focus groups conducted in municipal state schools in Fortaleza, in the State of Ceará during the first semester of 2012. The sample comprised 36 male and female adolescents aged between 13 and 16 years attending the ninth grade of the second phase of elementary school.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thematic analysis revealed that the health care support network and interaction between health professionals, education professionals and family members was insufficient, constituting a lack of an integrated network to enable and provide support for health promotion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Coordination between education, health and family services has the potential to act as a support network to help meet adolescents' healthcare needs and demands.
authors.affiliation: Escola Anna Nery, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rachel Franklin da
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Escola Anna Nery, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Regina Célia Gollner
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Zeitoune
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Farmácia, Odontologia e Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Veraci Oliveira
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Múrcia, Espinardo, Múrcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Carmen Isabel
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Gómez García
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Múrcia, Espinardo, Múrcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Maria Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ruiz García
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D001938:Brazil; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004493:Education; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D012944:Social Support