Estratégias escolares para prevenção da violência urbana em São Sebastião-AL

Abstract

Violence is a socio-historical phenomenon, accompanying the entire experience of humanity. Therefore, it is not in itself a matter of public health only. It becomes a problem in this area, however, because it affects the individual and collective health and requires for its prevention and treatment, formulation of specific policies and organizational practices and unique services to the sector (BRAZIL, 2005). The city of San Sebastian is distant 100 km from the capital Maceió and has a population of 32,010 inhabitants. (IBGE, 2010). The city has 13 teams of the Family Health Strategy (EESF), 13 oral health teams (ESB) and 1 Multidisciplinary Team for Indigenous Health (EMSI). The Health Center Our Lady of the Rock is located in the urban area, has a large school in their area, and serves about 930 families. According to the Mortality Information System, from January to June 2014, the mortality by violence takes the first position when we consider traffic violence. We can mention that the use and drug trafficking are municipal problems and that context is linked mostly to teenagers and young people, as they are considered more vulnerable. This habit of life is associated with other problems such as delinquency: theft and vehicle theft and charges, homicide, interpersonal and intra-family abuse. Prevention aimed at specific locations such as school and risk communities can increase the benefits and enhance the impact to the scope of prevention of these forms of violence. Analyzing this fact, considering young people as more susceptible to violent practices, this work was developed with the intention of trying to promote a culture of peace among the population, started in acting at school with the objective of drawing up a plan of action. The plan was consolidated through experiences with literature reviews on the subject, using the Situational Strategic Planning survey of critical nodes, assess feasibility and resources necessary for the formulation of strategies and with the help of multidisciplinary health workers and education, resulting in an operating plan consists of five "projects" with different axes, but related to the topic of violence. Thus, consolidated itself a coping plan activities that serves as a management tool, consistent with the demands encountered in trying to get effective results, easing the problem.