Thesis (M.P.H.)--Georgia State University, 2007. / Title from file title page. Michael Eriksen, committee chair; Robin Tanner, Rodney Lyn, committee members. Electronic text (88 p. : col. ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Oct. 9, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-83).

O fortalecimento da promoção da saúde considerando o espaço escolar como um ambiente de potencialidades para seu desenvolvimento está previsto nas ações intersetoriais entre a escola e os serviços de saúde, e está entre os objetivos centrais do trabalho da equipe Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) e do Programa Saúde na Escola (PSE). O estudo teve por objetivo analisar as significações de professores do ensino fundamental sobre as ações da equipe de saúde na escola em um município do interior paulista. O estudo foi realizado a partir de abordagem qualitativa de pesquisa, utilizando como técnica de construção de dados a entrevista semiestruturada com professores dos 1º aos 5º anos do ensino fundamental das escolas de abrangência de Unidades de Estratégia Saúde da Família de um município do interior paulista. Participaram do estudo 16 professores de seis escolas públicas municipais. A pesquisa fundamentou-se nos conceitos de promoção e educação em saúde, utilizando a abordagem histórico-cultural de Vigotski como referencial teórico. Utilizou-se a proposta de análise temática de Braun e Clarke (2006). Os resultados evidenciaram as significações construídas pelos professores, que indicam a importância da parceria entre saúde e educação. No entanto, outras significações indicaram fragilidades de tal parceria, com a tendência de os profissionais da educação significarem saúde a partir de uma concepção preventivista e de culpabilização das famílias pelos comportamentos não saudáveis dos alunos. Associado a isso, os professores relatam ações pontuais e fragmentadas relacionadas à saúde ocorrendo no contexto escolar, com pouca corresponsabilidade entre os setores. Quanto às ações programáticas de saúde, os professores construíram significações que indicam a importância de se construir um planejamento conjunto e identificaram estratégias para práticas intersetoriais mais efetivas. Considera-se que novas posturas devem ser adotadas pela equipe da ESF e do PSE, no sentido de fortalecer a relação com a equipe da escola, a partir de uma visão de que os sujeitos se transformam e se modificam a partir das relações / The strengthening of health promotion by considering the school space as an environment of potential for its development is foreseen in the intersectoral actions between the school and the health services and it is among the central goals of the work of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) team and Health in School Program (HSP). The aim of this study was to analyze the meanings of elementary school teachers about the actions of the health team in the school in a city in the countryside of São Paulo. The study was carried out from a qualitative research approach, using as a data construction technique the semi-structured interview with elementary school teachers from first to fifth grade of the schools surrounding the Family Health Strategy Units of a city in the countryside of São Paulo. Sixteen teachers from six municipal public schools participated in the study. The research was based on the concepts of promotion and health education, using the historical-cultural approach of Vygotsky as a theoretical reference. It was used the thematic analysis proposal of Braun and Clarke (2006). The results showed the significations built by the teachers that indicate the importance of the partnership between health and education. However, other meanings indicated fragilities of this partnership, with the tendency of the education professionals to mean health from a preventivist conception and blame of the families for the unhealthy behaviors of the students. Associated with this, the teachers report punctual and fragmented actions related to health occurring in the school context, with little co-responsibility between the sectors. As for programmatic health actions, the teachers built meanings that show the importance of constructing a joint planning and identified strategies for more effective intersectoral practices. It is considered that new postures should be adopted by the FHS and HSP team, in order to strengthen the relationship with the school team, based on a view that the subjects transform and change themselves from the relations

O fortalecimento da promoção da saúde considerando o espaço escolar como um ambiente de potencialidades para seu desenvolvimento está previsto nas ações intersetoriais entre a escola e os serviços de saúde, e está entre os objetivos centrais do trabalho da equipe Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) e do Programa Saúde na Escola (PSE). O estudo teve por objetivo analisar as significações de professores do ensino fundamental sobre as ações da equipe de saúde na escola em um município do interior paulista. O estudo foi realizado a partir de abordagem qualitativa de pesquisa, utilizando como técnica de construção de dados a entrevista semiestruturada com professores dos 1º aos 5º anos do ensino fundamental das escolas de abrangência de Unidades de Estratégia Saúde da Família de um município do interior paulista. Participaram do estudo 16 professores de seis escolas públicas municipais. A pesquisa fundamentou-se nos conceitos de promoção e educação em saúde, utilizando a abordagem histórico-cultural de Vigotski como referencial teórico. Utilizou-se a proposta de análise temática de Braun e Clarke (2006). Os resultados evidenciaram as significações construídas pelos professores, que indicam a importância da parceria entre saúde e educação. No entanto, outras significações indicaram fragilidades de tal parceria, com a tendência de os profissionais da educação significarem saúde a partir de uma concepção preventivista e de culpabilização das famílias pelos comportamentos não saudáveis dos alunos. Associado a isso, os professores relatam ações pontuais e fragmentadas relacionadas à saúde ocorrendo no contexto escolar, com pouca corresponsabilidade entre os setores. Quanto às ações programáticas de saúde, os professores construíram significações que indicam a importância de se construir um planejamento conjunto e identificaram estratégias para práticas intersetoriais mais efetivas. Considera-se que novas posturas devem ser adotadas pela equipe da ESF e do PSE, no sentido de fortalecer a relação com a equipe da escola, a partir de uma visão de que os sujeitos se transformam e se modificam a partir das relações / The strengthening of health promotion by considering the school space as an environment of potential for its development is foreseen in the intersectoral actions between the school and the health services and it is among the central goals of the work of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) team and Health in School Program (HSP). The aim of this study was to analyze the meanings of elementary school teachers about the actions of the health team in the school in a city in the countryside of São Paulo. The study was carried out from a qualitative research approach, using as a data construction technique the semi-structured interview with elementary school teachers from first to fifth grade of the schools surrounding the Family Health Strategy Units of a city in the countryside of São Paulo. Sixteen teachers from six municipal public schools participated in the study. The research was based on the concepts of promotion and health education, using the historical-cultural approach of Vygotsky as a theoretical reference. It was used the thematic analysis proposal of Braun and Clarke (2006). The results showed the significations built by the teachers that indicate the importance of the partnership between health and education. However, other meanings indicated fragilities of this partnership, with the tendency of the education professionals to mean health from a preventivist conception and blame of the families for the unhealthy behaviors of the students. Associated with this, the teachers report punctual and fragmented actions related to health occurring in the school context, with little co-responsibility between the sectors. As for programmatic health actions, the teachers built meanings that show the importance of constructing a joint planning and identified strategies for more effective intersectoral practices. It is considered that new postures should be adopted by the FHS and HSP team, in order to strengthen the relationship with the school team, based on a view that the subjects transform and change themselves from the relations

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at El Paso, 2009. / Title from title screen. Vita. CD-ROM. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

In 2003 The National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in Prague carried out project of health promotion entitled "Reducing the risk of mental workload of teachers in primary schools and the possibility of objectification." The research was conducted in collaboration with 17 randomly selected elementary schools in Prague (the total population of 157 female teachers over 40 years. The research was consisted of three parts: questionnaire survey, interview and collection of medical data (hypertension, cholesterol, obesity, smoking). This diploma thesis follows up on this research, but within the available options it deals only with questionnaire survey (without collection of medical data). In 2016, a questionnaire survey was conducted among the teachers of selected elementary schools, and 604 questionnaires were filled out, and it was monitored whether teachers were taught at primary schools or schools involved in the Health Promotion School. In the theoretical part, the diploma thesis deals with various theoretical approaches to stress, coping strategies and analysis of stressors that are specific to the teaching profession. At the same time there is a chapter devoted to the Health Promotion School. In the practical part, the data collection, their analysis and the conclusions from the analysis of...

This specific study entitled: "Health Promotion Projects as part of Education'', consists of a theoretical part containing the voices of various authors on the issue of health promotion in schools. Firstly, the basic concepts that are contained in the body of my work were explained and thanks to this, the reader will be better acquainted with these. In the following chapter I described characteristics of health promotion projects and gave several examples. The principles of health promotion in schools was also dealt with because they are closely related to the topic. Since my primary focus was on how projects in schools are actually implemented, I covered this in a subsequent chapter by giving concrete examples of projects that have already been implemented in schools. It was also important to mention the implementation process of health education into the primary school curriculum and thus I finished the theoretical part of the work and followed it up with a practical part. I used interviews as a research method and these were conducted at primary schools where one of the health promotion projects had been implemented in the past. The thesis also has a practical component. It included my own proposal of a health promotion project. The aim of it was to evaluate efficiency of initiating the health...

Introdução: Os prejuízos causados, aos fumantes e não fumantes, pelo efeito dos componentes presentes no tabaco aparecem unânimes nos discursos de pesquisadores de todo o mundo. A Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) afirma que o tabagismo é a maior causa isolada evitável de doença e de morte. No cenário mundial, os Objetivos para o Desenvolvimento do Milênio propõem aos países a inclusão do controle do tabagismo como importante aspecto de desenvolvimento social. No Brasil o tabagismo é apontado como sendo o 2º fator mais importante de risco de óbito com 200 mil mortes anuais. Estudos científicos confirmam que 90% dos fumantes adquirem o vício na adolescência. Por ser a escola local de permanência constante do jovem nesta faixa etária, para ampliar o olhar sobre uma ação educativa pode estar o professor propiciando reflexões sobre o hábito de fumar em seu ambiente de trabalho. Objetivo: O presente trabalho pretende construir os Discursos do Sujeito Coletivo que expressam as representações sociais de professores, frente à implantação de programas de controle do tabagismo nas escolas. A partir destes discursos, busca propor ações que poderão servir de apoio à proposta educativa de controle do tabagismo desenvolvida no ambiente escolar. Metodologia: A metodologia empregada, com base qualiquantitativa, esteve apoiada na técnica de análise dos depoimentos e montagem dos Discursos do Sujeito Coletivo, proposta inicialmente por Lefèvre e colaboradores (2000). Resultados: Os depoimentos de 39 professores pertencentes a duas escolas públicas estaduais do município de São Paulo permitiram a compreensão das representações sociais desse público alvo pesquisado. As idéias centrais obtidas a partir da aplicação do questionário revelaram que, entre as funções delegadas aos professores pela sociedade e poder público, 90% dos profissionais desta pesquisa expressaram aceitação em trabalhar com o tema nas escolas. Para os professores, os projetos sobre tabagismo na escola requerem atitudes inovadoras, além de estarem apoiados em materiais e profissionais especializados. Conclusão: Para que este profissional encontre espaço para adotar esta prática é necessária a sensibilização do poder público oferecendo melhores condições de trabalho e remuneração aos docentes, de tal forma que permita sua participação em grupos de reflexão e implementação do controle do tabagismo no ambiente escolar. O fortalecimento da Educação, permitindo que o público freqüente nas escolas se conscientize dos prejuízos causados pelo cigarro, promoverá e implementará medidas destacadas no Artigo 12 da Convenção Quadro para o Controle do Tabagismo isto é, promover amplo acesso a programas eficazes e integrais de educação e conscientização do público sobre os riscos que acarretam à saúde, o consumo e a exposição do tabaco, incluídas suas propriedades aditivas / Introduction: The damage caused to both smoker and non-smoker by the effects of tobaccos compounds seems to be unanimous on the researchers speeches all over the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) claims tobacco is the most intense evitable cause of disease and death, therefore the health promotion can contribute as a new paradigm about health-disease issues in society. In World scenario, the Millennium Development Goals propose to the countries the inclusion of tobacco control as an important social development aspect. In Brazil tobacco is the second most important factor the risk of death totalizing 200 thousand deaths per year, just standing behind the hypertension. Scientific studies confirm that 90% of the smokers get addicted in adolescence. Due to the fact of school to be the most constant place where people this age spend time, professors have to promote reflections about the habit of smoking inside their work environment. The concerning on recognizing this professionals speeches as a way of reaching the tobacco theme in school offers an initial step for dealing with prevent programs implementation and getting school aware about the actions of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control. Objectives: The present proposal works with the Collective Subject Speeches which express the professors social representations, related to the tobacco control programs implementation in schools. Using these speeches as a beginning, this work proposes ideas to serve as a support on educative actions developed inside the school. Methodology: The quantitative and qualitative methodology was supported by statement analytical techniques and the use of Collective Subject Speeches, first established by Lefèvre et al. (2000).Results: The 39 São Paulo public high school professors statement allowed the common sense comprehension. The main ideas, obtained throughout the applications of the questionnaire revealed that among the professors functions, which are settled by society and public power, 90% of the professionals who have participated of this research accept to work with this theme inside the schools. Concerning professors, working with tobacco projects in schools requires innovative attitudes besides being supported by appropriated materials and professionals. Conclusion: In order to find a good way for adopting these techniques the professional has to be sensitive to the public power and offer them better conditions of work and salary, in a way to have free time to participate of support groups and implement the tobacco control inside the schools. The enhancement of educational, communicational and the inside school public awareness will promote and implement issues contained on the 12a Framework Convention for Tobacco Control Article, as it says, Promoting wide access to efficient programs and educational centers and public awareness about the problems related to the consumption and exposition to tobacco, including addictives properties

Introdução: Os prejuízos causados, aos fumantes e não fumantes, pelo efeito dos componentes presentes no tabaco aparecem unânimes nos discursos de pesquisadores de todo o mundo. A Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) afirma que o tabagismo é a maior causa isolada evitável de doença e de morte. No cenário mundial, os Objetivos para o Desenvolvimento do Milênio propõem aos países a inclusão do controle do tabagismo como importante aspecto de desenvolvimento social. No Brasil o tabagismo é apontado como sendo o 2º fator mais importante de risco de óbito com 200 mil mortes anuais. Estudos científicos confirmam que 90% dos fumantes adquirem o vício na adolescência. Por ser a escola local de permanência constante do jovem nesta faixa etária, para ampliar o olhar sobre uma ação educativa pode estar o professor propiciando reflexões sobre o hábito de fumar em seu ambiente de trabalho. Objetivo: O presente trabalho pretende construir os Discursos do Sujeito Coletivo que expressam as representações sociais de professores, frente à implantação de programas de controle do tabagismo nas escolas. A partir destes discursos, busca propor ações que poderão servir de apoio à proposta educativa de controle do tabagismo desenvolvida no ambiente escolar. Metodologia: A metodologia empregada, com base qualiquantitativa, esteve apoiada na técnica de análise dos depoimentos e montagem dos Discursos do Sujeito Coletivo, proposta inicialmente por Lefèvre e colaboradores (2000). Resultados: Os depoimentos de 39 professores pertencentes a duas escolas públicas estaduais do município de São Paulo permitiram a compreensão das representações sociais desse público alvo pesquisado. As idéias centrais obtidas a partir da aplicação do questionário revelaram que, entre as funções delegadas aos professores pela sociedade e poder público, 90% dos profissionais desta pesquisa expressaram aceitação em trabalhar com o tema nas escolas. Para os professores, os projetos sobre tabagismo na escola requerem atitudes inovadoras, além de estarem apoiados em materiais e profissionais especializados. Conclusão: Para que este profissional encontre espaço para adotar esta prática é necessária a sensibilização do poder público oferecendo melhores condições de trabalho e remuneração aos docentes, de tal forma que permita sua participação em grupos de reflexão e implementação do controle do tabagismo no ambiente escolar. O fortalecimento da Educação, permitindo que o público freqüente nas escolas se conscientize dos prejuízos causados pelo cigarro, promoverá e implementará medidas destacadas no Artigo 12 da Convenção Quadro para o Controle do Tabagismo isto é, promover amplo acesso a programas eficazes e integrais de educação e conscientização do público sobre os riscos que acarretam à saúde, o consumo e a exposição do tabaco, incluídas suas propriedades aditivas / Introduction: The damage caused to both smoker and non-smoker by the effects of tobaccos compounds seems to be unanimous on the researchers speeches all over the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) claims tobacco is the most intense evitable cause of disease and death, therefore the health promotion can contribute as a new paradigm about health-disease issues in society. In World scenario, the Millennium Development Goals propose to the countries the inclusion of tobacco control as an important social development aspect. In Brazil tobacco is the second most important factor the risk of death totalizing 200 thousand deaths per year, just standing behind the hypertension. Scientific studies confirm that 90% of the smokers get addicted in adolescence. Due to the fact of school to be the most constant place where people this age spend time, professors have to promote reflections about the habit of smoking inside their work environment. The concerning on recognizing this professionals speeches as a way of reaching the tobacco theme in school offers an initial step for dealing with prevent programs implementation and getting school aware about the actions of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control. Objectives: The present proposal works with the Collective Subject Speeches which express the professors social representations, related to the tobacco control programs implementation in schools. Using these speeches as a beginning, this work proposes ideas to serve as a support on educative actions developed inside the school. Methodology: The quantitative and qualitative methodology was supported by statement analytical techniques and the use of Collective Subject Speeches, first established by Lefèvre et al. (2000).Results: The 39 São Paulo public high school professors statement allowed the common sense comprehension. The main ideas, obtained throughout the applications of the questionnaire revealed that among the professors functions, which are settled by society and public power, 90% of the professionals who have participated of this research accept to work with this theme inside the schools. Concerning professors, working with tobacco projects in schools requires innovative attitudes besides being supported by appropriated materials and professionals. Conclusion: In order to find a good way for adopting these techniques the professional has to be sensitive to the public power and offer them better conditions of work and salary, in a way to have free time to participate of support groups and implement the tobacco control inside the schools. The enhancement of educational, communicational and the inside school public awareness will promote and implement issues contained on the 12a Framework Convention for Tobacco Control Article, as it says, Promoting wide access to efficient programs and educational centers and public awareness about the problems related to the consumption and exposition to tobacco, including addictives properties

This diploma thesis deals with the issue of the development of health literacy of pupils attending primary schools. In the theoretical part, it focuses on defining the concept of the health literacy, its importance for society, the importance of its development and the consequences of its lack. A literate person is characterized in here, the factors influencing health literacy and the assessment tools, how it could be measured. It also deals with health promotion and health education at primary schools, which are closely related to health literacy. It focuses on the influence on educational system on health literacy of pupils and on health promotion programs at school facilities. It deals with school age, its division, and the pupil's personality in common. At the end of the theoretical part, we discuss how the health literacy can influence nurses. The empirical part of the thesis is aimed at pupils of 7th and 9th grade of elementary schools, who have been inquired about their ability to look up and evaluate healthcare information. The aim has been to determine the level of health literacy of boys and girls and try to find out differences in their level of health literacy depending on the age and size of the city they are live in. A quantitative research survey has been selected to address this issue and identify the objectives set. The data was obtained using the abridged version of the standardized European Health Literacy Questionnaire HLS-EU-Q, namely the HLS-EU-Q16 questionnaire. The research was attended by 208 pupils from two primary schools in Prague and one from Karlovy Vary.