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This article emphasizes a discussion aimed at understanding the difficulties that lead working students who attend public schools in the city, to make the decision to abandon the Brazilian federal program for adult and youth education, the EJA, to develop activities aimed at the agribusiness of Campos Lindos, in the State of Tocantins. The text brings an approach to the existing problems in the educational scenario, showing that the inadequate infrastructure of public schools in the municipality, as well as the planning of education in Campos Lindos without considering the social condition of students, especially young and adults, which does not allow good results to be obtained, both for teachers and for students. Some elements of representation of this context are in the low social indicators, such as the Human Development Index (HDI) and the Education Development Index (IDEB), highlighting in the analysis that young people and adults who abandon the EJA can cooperate to improve these indicators. The research has a quantitative and qualitative approach, with documentary analysis, semi-structured interviews as an instrument for data generation, and the use of thematic cartography. The theoretical support is structured, above all, from Minayo (2009), Sá-Silva, Almeida and Guindane (2009), Severino (2007), Martinelli (2009), Jolly (2004), Santos (2019), Prearo, Maraccini, and Romeiro (2014,), Jannuzzi (2002), Bourdieu (2007), Freire (2007), Romanelli (1986), Haddad (2017), Haddad and Di Pierro (2000). The data revealed that education has significant participation so that social indicators continue with low results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cross-sex hormonal treatment represents a main aspect of gender dysphoria health care pathway. However, it is still debated whether this intervention translates into a better mental well-being for the individual and which mechanisms may underlie this association. Although sex reassignment surgery has been the subject of extensive investigation, few studies have specifically focused on hormonal treatment in recent years. Here, we systematically review all studies examining the effect of cross-sex hormonal treatment on mental health and well-being in gender dysphoria. Research tends to support the evidence that hormone therapy reduces symptoms of anxiety and dissociation, lowering perceived and social distress and improving quality of life and self-esteem in both male-to-female and female-to-male individuals. Instead, compared to female-to-male individuals, hormone-treated male-to-female individuals seem to benefit more in terms of a reduction in their body uneasiness and personality-related psychopathology and an amelioration of their emotional functioning. Less consistent findings support an association between hormonal treatment and other mental health-related dimensions. In particular, depression, global psychopathology, and psychosocial functioning difficulties appear to reduce only in some studies, while others do not suggest any improvement in these domains. Results from longitudinal studies support more consistently the association between hormonal treatment and improved mental health. On the contrary, a number of cross-sectional studies do not support this evidence. This review provides possible biological explanation vs psychological explanation (direct effect vs indirect effect) for the hormonal treatment-induced better mental well-being. In conclusion, this review indicates that gender dysphoria-related mental distress may benefit from hormonal treatment intervention, suggesting a transient reaction to the nonsatisfaction connected to the incongruent body image rather than a stable psychiatric comorbidity. In this perspective, timely hormonal treatment intervention represents a crucial issue in gender dysphoria individuals' mental health-related outcome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]