Adolescent
Conditions
Interventions
Educational intervention in the form of culture circles or focus groups for the evaluation before and after the intervention regarding the preventive intention of the school adolescents related to the
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Eligibility
Age
12 Months to 19 Months
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: School adolescents, students of public schools in the city of Recife; Age between 12 and 18 years; To attend elementary school in the 7th year Residing in the Political-administrative Regions: II, IV or VI; Accept freely to participate in data collection through the questionnaire response
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Adolescents with special physical or mental condition, who present difficulties in understanding the questions of the instrument of data collection.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Contribution to the understanding of the relationship between the critical-reflective educational strategy of Education (Círculo de Cultura) and the knowledge of Cognitive Psychology (Theory of Planned Behavior) as a way to promote preventive intentions of adolescents in relation to Leprosy.The intention measurement will be performed before and after the intervention. An increase in the percentage of positive intention of at least 10% after the intervention is expected. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of the percentage of preventive intention. Viabilization of actions that promote the articulation of the Family Health Strategy and the Health in the School Program, in an interactive process of educational action, through the Circles of Culture, to assist in coping with high rates of Leprosy in the State of Pernambuco / Brazil | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactEstela Maria Monteiro
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Outcome results
None listed