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This is a theoretical study with a bibliographical and documental approach that was conducted during my PhD. This paper analyzes the structuring of the geriatric/gerontological field, examining the concepts of active aging and functionality, outlining, in particular, the alignment of such terms with the prevention and health promotion movements. The discourse that has become hegemonic in the area is the behavioral emphasis with a highlight on changes in lifestyles. The prevailing discourse announces the aging and illness process increasingly as a result of growing individual (and/or family) efforts, independent of public policies. In this sense, the paper discusses the repercussions of this self-preservationist conception in the context of public policies and highlights the importance of greater investment by researchers in the area, in the sense of building more critical mediations, unveiling the complex contradictions that mark the aging of the working class in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Breast milk acts in the prevention and control of morbidities in childhood and adulthood, being essential for the protection and health promotion of infants, influencing biological and emotionally in their growth and development. However, many mothers prefer to promote early weaning, and several may be the factors that influence the genesis of this event. Objective: Given the above, the aim of the study is to perform a bibliographic search on the factors that influence early weaning. Materials and Methods: This is an integrative literature review. To search and select studies, the following databases were used: Pubmed, Scielo and Virtual Health Library-VHL, after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 15 studies were selected, which were published between the years 2015 to 2019. Results: Having exposed the results and the articulation between the contents of the selected scientific papers, we noticed There are a variety of factors related to breastfeeding discontinuation. In the present study, there was a greater emphasis on the mother's return to work, the myth of weak and / or insufficient milk, as well as low education, maternal age, and nipple trauma. Final Considerations: Therefore, it is necessary to work on public health policies aimed at preventing early weaning, individual and collective health education during prenatal care, and monitoring of nursing mothers by the health team throughout the lactation process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Oral health care in the first years of life is fundamental and can mean the difference between maintaining a favorable condition or the need for a more invasive treatment. The objective of the present paper was to describe the educational-preventive experiences in oral health for preschool children accomplished in the Extension Project "Contos e Encantos" (Tales and Charms), carried out in Centros Municipais de Educação Infantil (Municipal Children's Education Centers) (CEMEIs) in Alfenas, a city of Minas Gerais. Thinking about the Extension Project and its role in academic life and the seek for social awareness, this paper presents the results found in a project on oral health education involving children (6 months to 5 years), parents and caregivers in the pre-school during the years of 2013 to 2017. Educational and preventive activities were directed using playful and appropriate materials for the age group. Throughout the course of action, an investigative script was applied to the parents/caregivers during the pedagogical meetings in the CEMEIs, in addition to awareness-raising actions to this public through the distribution of informative pamphlets and lectures. In total 14 CEMEIs were studied, with a total of 1,331 children and 943 parent/caregivers participating, who responded to an investigative inquiry, where it can be perceived that they had some knowledge, since 40.20% of the parents considered that deleterious habits can influence the child in the relationship with other people (social interaction, emotional or psychological relationship), and 66.50% associate the presence of these habits with the appearance of some alteration in the teeth. In general, the Contos e Encantos project promoted a transmission of thematic content to children and, together with the collaboration of parents and caregivers, developed a ludic and effective methodology, promoting a differentiated learning to the participating students due to the actions in the area of health education and the outside context in which it was developed. That way, the extension project allowed the democratization of academic knowledge contributing to society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjective well-being is a theme which analyzes how people evaluate satisfaction in life, taking into account personal aspects, experience, values and expectations. Current paper identifies subjective welfare and autonomy in home-office of university professors during the COVID-19 pandemic through a transversal study and quantitative approach. A sample of fifty-four university professors from a university in southern Brazil was generated by applying the Subjective Welfare Scale by Albuquerque and Tróccoli (2004), divided into positive and negative aspects, satisfaction with life, to which was added a dimension called autonomy in home-office during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results show that most professors (68.51%) showed a moderate subjective wellbeing, with negative aspects higher than the positive ones, or rather, 16.66% and 14.81%, respectively. High autonomy in home-office with 66.67% of replies has been reported. Results are satisfactory since, even though negative aspects are more present than the positive ones in subjective well-being, the professors are committed and try to perform their activities in the best way possible. This is a determining factor for institutions which are trying to make adaptations since people are the most important active goods of the organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents results of research on statistics and science in the field of science. The objective is to show how these two themes appear in TV programs on health and well-being and in the daily life of the public (understood here as a heterogeneous set of individuals of a population). The work adopts content analysis of TV program on health and wellness (use statistics and science to base contents that convey) and participant observation in supermarket and gym (places where people think the body for food and physical activity; where, therefore, they coexist with statistics and science). The manuscript concludes that, once statistics and science detail the risks to health and that this detail is taken to the public by the TV, a new conception of disease arises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aimed to analyze actions developed to health promotion and disease prevention in the uterine cervical neoplasm control. It was a documentary, exploratory and qualitative research. Experience reports published in Practice Community were collected to be analyzed. They were analyzed by content analysis with three pedagogical perspectives: pedagogy of transmission, behaviorist pedagogy, and problematizing critical pedagogy. 15 experience reports were selected. These experiences were developed predominantly by the female public, about the preventive examination Pap, inside health care centers, and punctual actions by campaign model. There were prevailed actions by the pedagogy of transmission that aimed to transmit knowledge about diseases and its treatment and prevention. Secondary, there were actions in a behaviorist perspective that aimed to give some reward to a determinate response. The minority of the actions adopted a problematization perspective that developed dialogical and reflexives activities. These results showed the necessity to strengthen the health promotion and the popular education in health in the healthcare services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The national health promotion policy points out strategies to produce health, being the school a privileged space for the development of these actions. Thus, this paper aims to report the experiences during health educational practices on dental avulsion developed by undergraduate dentistry students in an extension project aimed at elementary school students from Belém-PA. Based on the meeting the lack of knowledge about dental trauma was routinely seen during the orientations, being the teacher the main actor, as this is responsible for the children during school hours and needs to be well prepared to act effectively in case of accident. It was concluded that this experience of academics collaborated with the generalist and interdisciplinary training, the bond, the exchange of knowledge and innovated the practice of health education articulated with the priority theme on dental avulsion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current demographic changes brought challenges to society in general and the health systems in particular, for which they were not prepared. In this context the Intergenerational Programs emerged as a new methodology of social action. This study was developed following a scoping review with the question: 'Which are the nursing interventions that promote the integration of the elderly in intergenerational activities?' The search in reference databases for papers published between January 2015 and February 2019 was conducted using MeSH descriptors, combining as research strategy: Health Promotion AND Nurs* AND Intergenerational Relations AND Aged. The methodological quality of the selection process was guaranteed by following the PRISMA 2009 Flow Diagram. The results indicate that nursing interventions, which promote intergenerational activities with children, are enhancers of well-being and social inclusion, combating isolation and sedentary lifestyle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Current paper analyzes health and well-being in educational printed materials which underscore health promotion in childhood. A qualitative research on the critical evaluation of the handbook and conceptual e-book related to health promotion in childhood based on Ronald Labonte's health and well-being references. Through thematic frequency, results reveal emphasis on the biological dimension in the documents analyzed, with the transversal incorporation of affective and social dimensions, associated with critical stances for child care, without disregarding their families and communities. Labonte diagram evaluated dialectically the contents of health promotion in instructional material prepared for the education of professional who enhance health and well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Health geographers play an important role in studying the relationship of space, health and disease, especially planning and development strategies to improve the health. In this respect, the objective of this paper was to map, using the ArcGIS 10.1 software and Google Earth, 71 places created from 2009 in the program "Academia ao Ar Livre (AAL)" in the city of Londrina, with the goal to verify the spatial distribution and the degree of articulation of the academies with public health services since the program aims to build policies and health promotion places for the population. After a bibliographical survey, interviews were carried out at the Municipal Department of the Elderly, responsible for AAL at the beginning, at the Londrina Sports Foundation (FEL), currently responsible for the academies and with six Physical Educators from the Family Health Support Group (NASF) for making the maps. The results showed that the installation of the ALLs was not associated to the policies of the Municipal Health Department regarding the location, use and maintenance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the role of senior centers in human aging. Through literature review we explored history, experiences and possibilities in senior centers. We perceive "seniculture" as cultivation, but also social control of the elderly. Avoiding control, the network care can guide their actions by selfassessment of the elderly and their perception regarding the quality of life. We emphasize the importance of bonds, the caregiver-cared relationship as a space of transformation in the way of dealing with aging. We also propose care center strategies to provides opportunities for intergenerational relations and avoid age-segregation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scientific evidence suggests that bullying is an increasingly common phenomenon in schools, with a significant number of health consequences. Thus, its prevention should be considered a priority. So as to identify the factors involved in the phenomenon of bullying in schools, a systematic literature review was conducted using the database Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online (b-on) with the following keywords: "bullying/bullying school context", and the following inclusion criteria: participants (5th-9th grade students); variables under analysis (factors inplicated in the phenomenon of bullying), without restrictions related to study design. Three hundred and fifty-one papers were identified, 132 of which were not accessible. Taking into account the inclusion criteria, 203 papers were eliminated, and the remaining 16 were analyzed. From the analysis of the results of the studies included in this literature review, four types of factors emerged: factors related to sociodemographic variables; factors related to personal variables; factors related to the family dimension; and also factors related to school variables. According to these typologies, various protective and risk factors related to the bullying phenomenon were identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Family Health Strategy focuses on actions to promote health, developed by its professionals along with the community. In the immanence of this group we find lines that develop reflexive processes that can release the production of a creative know-how. In this sense, the inclusion of psychology in the Family Health Support Nucleus (NASF) can contribute to the fulfillment of an expanded clinic in primary health, critical to the so-called healthy models, mostly orthopedic and modeling, open to trials and worried about reconnecting clinic/politics/production of ways of life. In this paper we question some demands of Family Health teams addressed to the NASF psychologist, their production, ethical and political implications for clinical practice and resulting subjectivity processes. It sought to analyze and map discourses, possible dialogue and assemblages, whose expressions are translated as demands for health professionals. In many cases, these demands express moral considerations, idealized forms of health and well-being. We bet that the construction of the clinic is the product of a collective desire, able to withstand the mechanisms of capture and disciplining of life. This paper proposes that, starting from the daily challenges, the team will be able to discuss, question and become stronger enough to claim healthy ways, free of pre-established standards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims at evaluating and accomplishing a critical balance of the aids configurations, especially in the press and governmental prevention campaigns. It confronts them with the medical and scientific advances, and also with the social and cultural changes that often seem not to have followed the discourses about such syndrome. That can be analyzed through Herbert de Souza's chronicle "O dia da cura" [The day of healing]. Although the people living with Aids are given the possibility of living more and better, we notice -- not without some discomfort -- the persistence and reinforcement of social stigmas regarding aids. We say stigma, and not prejudice, due to the peculiarities involving aids and the people affected by it (with or without symptoms), which characterize them as people stigmatized by society and, at the same time, people who stigmatize those who live with them. Therefore, the paper intends to discuss the perspectives regarding the disease in a time when more than dying with aids we face the challenge of learning to live with it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Technological advances in health care and the improvement of structural conditions such as basic sanitation and access to information associated with the progress of scientific research has contributed to the quality of life, which leads to increase in expectation and life expectancy of the world population. In this sense, it becomes essential research and campaigns to consider seropositive elderly to occur improved quality of life. In addition to strategies for prevention and promotion of health of the elderly, so that they know the risks of HIV and how to prevent the disease. The aim of the paper was to determine the prevaprevalence of scientific research that address the HIV theme and quality of life, also correlated with the elderly, through a systematic literature review conducted between November 2013 and February 2014. We conducted a systematic review between the period of November 2013 to February 2014, in the virtual health library site (BVS), the descriptors used were "HIV health promotion and elderly" found 94 articles. As can be seen in the results, several studies address the african-descendent population, it was possible to realize the strong influence of research related to educational campaigns and public policies, together with the influence of religion. Regarding the elderly is possible to realize an increase in cases of HIV, which can compromise their quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Technological advances in health care and the improvement of structural conditions such as basic sanitation and access to information associated with the progress of scientific research has contributed to the quality of life, which leads to increase in expectation and life expectancy of the world population. In this sense, it becomes essential research and campaigns to consider seropositive elderly to occur improved quality of life. In addition to strategies for prevention and promotion of health of the elderly, so that they know the risks of HIV and how to prevent the disease. The aim of the paper was to determine the prevalence of scientific research that address the HIV theme and quality of life, also correlated with the elderly, through a systematic literature review conducted between November 2013 and February 2014. We conducted a systematic review between the period of November 2013 to February 2014, in the virtual health library site (BVS), the descriptors used were "HIV health promotion and elderly" found 94 articles. As can be seen in the results, several studies address the african-descendent population, it was possible to realize the strong influence of research related to educational campaigns and public policies, together with the influence of religion. Regarding the elderly is possible to realize an increase in cases of HIV, which can compromise their quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to present and reflect about the implications in the development of Physical Education programs for elderly people in the perspective of health promotion. The considerations and reflections discussed here enable us to understand health in a more democratic and human dimension, in which the individual's personal interests are considered in the elaboration of Physical Education programs, going beyond traditional models in which the predominant approach emphasizes almost exclusively biological and physiological aspects, such as those observed in the biomedical model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to comprehend the relation between the sport pedagogy area and the health promotion on the Brazilian Physical Education Scientific Literature. For this, a bibliographic research was performed, and covered national periodicals from Qualis Capes system of Physical Education area. As a result, it was observed the shortage of studies discussing themes related to health promotion in sports fields and vice versa. Besides that, autonomy and humanization were also common themes in all articles analyzed. We have concluded that there is a latent relation between sport pedagogy fields and health promotion. It will - as far as in further studies it becomes more explored - enable a clearer understanding regarding the binomial sports and health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: this paper aimed at reporting the utilization of photo shoots to promote self-esteem in pregnant women. Its object was the experience of an extension project developed at a Basic Family Health Unit. Methodology: the actions accomplished aimed at the use of photography for the promotion of self-esteem in pregnant women, stimulating their participation in the Pregnant Women Group and in the whole prenatal process. Results: we believe it was possible to provide the pregnant women with an interaction with their babies in a pleasurable way, valuing their beliefs, values, personal projects, life experiences, feelings and expectations for pregnancy. Conclusion: group activities should be thought of as a meant to create opportunities for socialization, integration and exchange of experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: perform a diagnostic evaluation of living conditions and health of the elderly living in family and community, and users of a Basic Health Unit - UBS, and also test the development of a care-educational technology. Methodology: convergent-care research that adopted the convergence group technique with 13 seniors, which developed during seven meetings in 2013. Results: the paper revealed prospects for the nurse to be a facilitator in the development of self-care skills and stimulate the elderly so that they can be the protagonists of their aging. It was instrumentalized by guidelines of light technology about caring acts based on nursing references. Conclusion: the study presented beneficial results to the elderly who underwent the experience, and also for the nurses, by the possibility of taking innovated caring-educational actions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Brazil, the health education actions for school children were present in official speeches from 1889, and currently, the issue of health in the school traces its relevance worldwide, because the role of schools in health related issues is undeniable. The goal of the paper is to analyze the input of health in schools and classify them as teaching practices. From there, see if they align with the prospect of Health Promotion. The methodological approach used in this article is to present the scientific mosaic scenes of everyday health actions and thus allow the construction of an overview of what happens when health goes to school. We conclude that health actions performed in schools and change the dynamic school that some actions are close to the concept of health promotion strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For a long time, and even today, health education projects in school, focus actions on individual prescribing standards, regardless of the influences arising from the reality in which school subjects live, students, teachers and other staff. Health promotion is to promote the welfare and quality of life in the place where life happens; it is to reduce the vulnerabilities and risks to health related to social determinants of health. The objective of this paper is to present health promotion strategies that are being developed in the Municipal School Professor Eurico Silva, with the creation of the Health Centre in the School. The main strategy is to carry out health surveillance, leaving aside the model focused on the disease and on the individual because the individual attributes of the body are insufficient for the understanding of health and health-related events of individuals and populations, in the context and within the territory of everyday life [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is an experience report on educational workshops for pregnant women in the Family Health Center Farmacêutico Horácio Droppa (Unidade de Saúde da Família Farmacêutico Horácio Droppa), in Ponta Grossa, state of Paraná, Brazil. An action research exploratory study was conducted with a qualitative approach, through observation, from June to December, 2013. First, researchers collected data aiming to find out what areas needed more professional intervention; then, a priority action was defined: educational workshops for pregnant women would be conducted fortnightly. Scholars of the Programa de Educação pelo Trabalho para a Saúde (Education Program for Working for Health) of the State University of Ponta Grossa, Brazil, and health professionals conducted workshops for 18 pregnant women. The purpose of these workshops was to promote educational activities aiming at health promotion, prioritizing a good reception for the women, with music and exercises, with conversations and crafts. The study concluded that the participants strengthened their relationship as a group since the workshops started, which helped a proactive interaction. However, the action faced problems - the low compliance of pregnant women - which led researches to rethink the group's outreach strategy to achieve a larger number of patients, to strengthen collective actions and the women's relationship with the health center to more than just medical treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Health education is seen and understood as a social practice that promotes the gradual change of thinking, feeling and acting through the selection and use of participatory teaching methods. This study shows the extension project "Nós na rede: contributions of Odontology to dental education, prevention and health maintenance" which is connected to the Department of Dentistry from State University of Ponta Grossa, state of Paraná, Brazil and approaches health education as a fundamental requirement in dental practice. This paper presents a activity named Intelectual Scavenger Hunt (Gincana Intelectual) which promotes basic information related to oral health to children between eight and twelve years old. The competition consists in three educational games, which aim to provide a good and educational activity. We conclude that this form of play activity exposes itself as a facilitator of information sharing and motivate children in search of healthier behaviors concerning oral health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to relate the processes of adaptation, human evolution and physical activity in health promotion. The adaptation of the human species on the challenges of life for survival and reproduction has also led to the development of intelligence, capacity of learning, interaction and socialization. However, the social and economic dynamics, typical of modern society, influenced by "advances" in technology, brought new behaviors to the modern man by access to knowledge only through observation and thinking, and never through body movement. In this context, changing sedentary behavior into active requires the understanding brought by the explanations of the effects that the different genetic, environmental and social and cultural factors have to add on adopting health habits nowadays. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Health and education professionals play a very important role in the context of health promotion. This paper aims at understanding their concepts about health, health promotion and multiplying agents, as far as the way they think can direct their professional practices. Seven focus groups were set, as follows: four with education professionals (total of 28 participants) and three groups with health professionals (total of 27 participants). In order to analyze the material, we sought to interpret and comprehend their talks, identifying the thematic categories. It was observed that health professionals have a concept of health as a result of life conditions. Education professionals discuss their daily difficulties to achieve health, emphasizing their work in double shifts. In relation to health promotion, health professionals emphasize their role as transformation agents. The education professionals point the access to information as a possibility of improving the quality of life. The results point out to the need of greater connection between both fields -- health and education, making it possible to redirect practice, aiming at the achievement of inter-sectoral actions of health promotion and quality of life. This process demands institutional investment in continuing education, in organization, as well as focusing on the discussion on the work process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: This paper aims to know the perception of users in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) about the role of nutritionists in primary health care, identifying if they recognize the importance of the nutritionist's work for their health, and verify their expectations in relation to it. Methods: Semi-structured individual interviews were applied to users of Primary Health Units, under follow up or otherwise with the unit nutritionist. The interviews were transcribed and submitted to a discursive textual analysis. Results: The nutritionist was correctly associated to food, feeding and nutrition, although the boundaries of their function are subtle, suggesting a weak professional identity. The work developed has always been positively evaluated and recognized as important for the users' health. The expectations related to the practice point to the need of humanized and integral care, including more actions for the collectivity -- community and team work -- in accordance with present health policies. Conclusions: To meet expectations and advance in the professionalization process it is necessary to listen and fulfill the demands, as well as assess the education process and daily practice, taking into account the new paradigms of primary care and health promotion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports the results of a university extension project that is being carried out by teachers and students of Unifesp Baixada Santista in the northwestern region of the city of Santos. This region of great social vulnerability is home to about 120 thousand inhabitants, and is characterized by many inequalities. The main goal of the project is to articulate and enhance health promotion activities in the northwest area, starting with the identification of leaders and organizations able to work with and for the local community. In 2009 and 2010, a study of the social structure was conducted that led to the identification of local leaders. The next step consisted of constructing these leaders' portfolios, by recording their life history, political career, desires, and insertion into the network of local institutions, together with their actions and involvement in local problems. In 2011, participatory workshops were held that had the goal of providing a space for discussion and exchange, and stimulation of dialog amongst the various interested parties. The topics identified by the participants included the relationship between the leaders/activists and the public authorities, as well as organization for citizenship, and collective identification of the main problems that affected all. The results indicated the existence of a discourse that highlighted the desire to participate, although in practice the consolidation of spaces for participation and conflict negotiation remains a major challenge. Nonetheless, it was also shown that individuals were not inactive in relation to the problems of their daily lives. Many local players in the northwestern region have, for some time, been participating transversely and in networks to promote projects in education, health, and housing. These are people who are striving for social causes and who believe that changes can be triggered from such participation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper seeks to analyze the limits of the concept of empowerment within HIV/Aids prevention among young gay and bisexual men in Brazil. It uses propositions of an official document of the Ministry of Health of Brazil, in form of a methodological handbook for prevention. It employs empowerment as the main theoretical and methodological tool to conduct prevention actions in this population, and the text develops a conceptual discussion on the possibilities for its implementation. The analysis draws on the post-structuralist framework to examine the ways through which the concept is described and used in the activities that are suggested by the manual. The analyses indicate that empowerment is a strategy that functions within a wide rationality of government of bodies and autonomies of the targeted individuals through their insertion in communities, for the concept becomes a technology of regulation of sexual practices and countable measurement of subjectivity. The analyses also explore notions of risk and accountability which circumscribe the community of young gay and bisexual men. Finally, the analyses underline the impasses that may be generated by the insertion of empowerment within the Brazilian HIV/Aids activism without previous critical review of the ways it is conceived and used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Acolhe-Onco: multi-disciplinary care for cancer patient university social extension program was created to improve care for cancer patient and his/her family, as well as to promote a multi-disciplinary learning program for students. This paper presents rationale and theoretical/methodological framework of this Program at São Paulo Federal University (UNIFESP) and describes the results obtained from August 2008 to April 2013. Our results showed that the multi-disciplinary approach to cancer patient, which is the core of our program, promotes a more integral and humanized care. In addition, our students can learn the complex network of oncological care, contributing to the development of knowledge and practices in health promotion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this paper is to describe the framework and methodology of +Contigo, registered in UICISA:E. The mental health promotion and prevention of suicidal behavior in schools continues to be an object of study. Knowing the importance of school as a place of intervention, studies with the robustness of the methodological point of view, that confirm the effectiveness of such measures are scarce. The objectives of the Project +Contigo are promoting mental health and wellbeing and prevent suicidal behavior in young people attending 3rd cycle and secondary education. Interventions include training for health professionals in the influence area of the school, teacher training, awareness of tutors/caregivers, four moments of intervention in the classroom for students, with three stages of evaluation by questionnaire (diagnostic evaluation; after intervention; six months after intervention). In each school a control group will be defined, without specific intervention. The results obtained in the preliminary years allow us to believe that the Project +Contigo can bring new evidence on the prevention and suicidal behavior in schools, with a network intervention and cost-effectiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to stimulate the debate on the role the State takes in the development of a more supportive citizenship and health promotion. It proposes to analyze those relationships through the Theory of Donation and analytical categories such as participation and visibility. It is believed that the use of material and immaterial goods in public policies gives visibility and recognition to the users' needs, enabling the participation and the enlargement of partnerships and solidarity between State-society and society-society. This, in turn, would contribute in achieving rights, empowering health programs and materializing health conceived in a broader way. The reflections here presented come from studies of qualitative approach, which have as locus a rural community of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Data were produced through interviews, participating observations and focus groups; in the assessment of information it was adopted a thematic analysis. It was possible to see that, on one hand, when policies favor visibility and participation they allow the exercise of citizenship, the development of solidarity ties, and coping in the search of health and social needs. On the other, when they are against citizenship they can also favor immobility and clientelism, (re)producing inequalities. Finally, there has been much progress in terms of public policies, but to achieve a more supportive citizenship, the State must overcome its undemocratic practices, and society must overcome its tutored and conformist public spirit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we made an observation about the theme related with prevention in Portuguese press, in order to answer the following question: "To what extent health articles of newspapers, Jornal de Notícias and Expresso reveal a role of prevention of these media?". The study proved that are few published texts to prevent disease and promote health, registering only 43 preventive in a universe of 1890 published articles about health. The work also demonstrated the existence of a stereotypical profile of health information source. Issues of Health Communication, Health Promotion and Health Education are the foundation that allowed to study prevention in health field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to discuss the relation between individual and collective autonomy and health promotion. In order to do so, it reviews the literature on the conceptual course of health promotion since the Ottawa Charter, emphasizing the amplification of autonomy as a guide for health promotion actions. It also highlights the importance of health promotion strategies in Brazil, which prioritize public policies in order to decrease social inequalities. In particular, Brazilian policies are addressed towards increasing individual and collective autonomy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to show spirituality as an important element to contribute and to promote health. Considering the term health more than absence of illness we add fields like therapeutic and promotion of health as important issues to be studied. In this focus liturgy emerges as an instrument allowing the spirituality to be cultivated. Liturgical practice is formed by elements like prayer and ritual which express everyday life. Therefore it cannot be considered an element less important than others in the process of constitution of human values as well as of individual and social behavior. As a life event of healthy expression, spirituality is beyond any kind of religion or of religious congregation that anyone can participate. However, which are the possible elements that contribute to develop an acting spirituality in a prevent area? Which therapeutic practices can still be considered for promoting relief or for improving the healthy state of anyone who is living a psychological illness? So, can these elements be considered instruments for promoting health in a therapeutic context? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The practice of resistance training (RT) has been stimulated by important societies related to sports medicine and prevention/treatment of some diseases of musculoskeletal order and thus their practice for the treatment of chronic diseases has been discussed. However, there are severe limitations in the experimental design of many studies, this limitation creates bias in its application for such purposes. The aim of this study was to analyze, using a model of systematic review of national literature, the methodological quality of the papers used in weight training in adults and thus identify possible gaps in the national literature. A systematic literature review was conducted in an electronic database. The electronic search was performed in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). Among the detected items, inclusion criteria were established: (i) original study involving the practice of weight training, (ii) study conducted in Brazil, (iii) is not a review article, (iv) does not involve other age groups, as children and adolescents. The statistical analysis was made using the chi-square test to compare proportions and the Fisher exact test. Among the studies that examined health-related outcomes, 75% used a control group, while only 26.7% of the studies did not analyze health used a control group. Only 47.8% of the studies used the 1RM test to prescribe intensity. Of the 23 articles analyzed only 30.4% used prior to the familiarization training protocol. There are more scientific studies male samples. Finally, our findings support the conclusion that there is a significant lack of discretion in the conduct of national studies involving RT. In addition, there is little national information on the RT to improve health and that this absence is most felt in specific age groups such as children and adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to present two experiences of health and citizenship education developed in community outreach projects conducted in a university context - Project "More Health" and Project "Learning to Grow in Paranhos". In this article, we reckon the challenge universities face in order to become an instrument for health promotion, within their role as institutions that promote the well-being of the communities in which they are integrated. This paper also considers the contributions of community outreach projects to a broader training of future professionals and to educate university students in order to prepare them as more actively involved and more socially responsible citizens, underlining the importance of providing students with experiences of social participation and community inclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This paper presented the results of a survey that describes the user evaluation of the first team of the Health Program (FHP) of Bauru - Sao Paulo. Methods: Initially a questionnaire was prepared which formed the basis for collecting survey data, with questions aimed at assessing the physical structure and support to families in the program. Were visited and interviewed 100 families served by the FHP team first introduced in the city, from June to August 2008. Results: The results described the difficulties in relation to physical facilities that were well improvised, but with emphasis on efficiency of service to families in times of consultation and troubleshooting. Conclusion: We conclude that users received positively the new proposal for health care, reporting improvement in care and health promotion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents and discusses data from a research about group practices developed by Family Health Teams of the nine Sanitary Districts of Belo Horizonte city. We conducted interviews with managers and health professionals from Basic Health Units, focus groups with customers and participant observation of regular groups of health units. In data analysis we aimed to highlight the process dimension and the historical construction of the investigated practices through the discussion of five aspects: (1) reasons to promote group practices; (2) changes on the structure of group practices; (3) informative and participative dimensions of the groups; (4) effects and (5) assessment of group practices. The analyses show that group practices have multiple aspects related to services organization and healthcare, the function and objectives placed by different teams, and its configuration. There is an incipient shift of approach concerning practices centered in diseases for the creation of groups by new structural axis, according to the municipal guidelines for primary health. Data show the impact of group practices in reducing the request for individual appointments and in enhancing the bond between customers, health professionals and services. The results indicate the tension between the "individual appointment" device and the "group practices" device. The former is marked by the focus in disease, while the latter produces its blurring, highlighting other dimensions of life associated with health promotion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is part of the doctoral thesis Profile of Community Health Workers in the region of Juiz de Fora, MG, and presents a profile of Community Health Agents (CHA) from the perspective of family health teams, of users and themselves. It discusses the models and experiences on the CHA practiced in Brazil before the initiative of Ceará State, in the 1980's. It contextualizes the movements for the successful reform of the CHA, which characterize a central human resource and strategic for the implementation of health promotion actions, enabling the development of basic community-related actions. It shows that community health agents are a key factor to enable the support, implementation and development of basic community-related actions, to expand them and strengthen them nationwide, but health promotion concerns not only the sector itself nor a single health professional. It is the result of inter-sectoral actions acting in general and quality of life determinants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The large number of people with special needs as well as issues concerning the care of these patientsresulted in the Resolution 25/2002, published in the Official Gazette of the Union - On 28/05/2002 by the Federal Council of Dentistry; it regulates the specialty, with the intent to enable dentists to take care for people in need of special dental care throughout their life or a period. One of the points raised in response to these patients is the issue of totality to understand the patient and propose to serv hin or her in all their health's needs. This paper aims to draw from a qualitative analysis, the perceptions of dentists responsible for these consultations in five municipalities of greater Sao Paulo. It is evident that the professionals' difficulties in describing what really is inherent with the patient in special need of dental care which is itself an health municipal public service and also what are their own limits facing the attendants described. It was concluded that recognition of these limits is a key factor that they can be overcome in order to glimpse the care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of the present work is to instigate a critical reflection about the theme health promotion in the Physical Education context. It consists of a literature review that put in front of the finds of other authors with the point of view of this author's paper. Initially, some preliminary comments are done, exposing the reasons that motivate the development of this work. Further, the current model of scholar Physical Education and its paradigms are discussed. After, the importance of regular physical activity practice on health promotion is introduced. In the next topic, some strategies to perform a Physical Education towards health in the scholar context are proposed. Finally, some points debated in the text are recovered in brief. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]