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A influência de um programa de educação na saúde do homema

2010; Volume: 35; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15343/0104-7809.201015056

1980-3990

Denise Fernandes Leite, Iracema Maria Gonçalves Ferreira, Marta Solange Souza, Vanessa Silva Nunes, Paulo Roberto de Andrade Castro,

Youth, Drugs, and Violence

The objective of this study was to give male individuals knowledge on global aspects of health and verify if the program ofeducation in health brought benefits and changes to their lives. It is a prospective study with a quail-quantitative approach. Six lecturesin two companies had been carried through, with the participation of 25 male collaborators. In the first one and the last meeting, weapplied the same questionnaire with 15 multiple choice questions. In a second moment, an open question was added whose answerswere analyzed under the perspective of the Collective Subject Discourse (DSC). The research was approved by the Committee of Ethicsin Research (process n.60/08). The age of subjects was 18 to 49 years; 36% had completed secondary education. We observed that inrelation to health and life habits, the intervention of the lectures had not produced significant changes. However, the level of knowledgeabout hypertension, diabetes, prostate cancer and vascular-encephalic accidents presented a significant improvement. One concludedthat the strategy of education in health of men had a positive impact in the knowledge on the diseases. DSC analysis showed a greaterawareness on the importance of prevention and the adoption of a healthful life habit. This shows to be necessary more actions directedto this group, which is not adequately contemplated by the public health policies, as proves the literature.