Avaliação do conhecimento dos enfermeiros da Atenção Básica sobre o Programa Arte da Saúde

Abstract

Introduction: Adolescents health care should go beyond the scientific and medical knowledge about issues related to adolescence and puberty. The individual construction of adolescence may be inscribed by the end of childhood, sexuality matters and personality development. For providing health care to adolescents, the focus must be on the individuals, their concerns and the reasons for them to seek health care. Careful listening and admission time must be prioritized. The Program Arte da Saúde, Ateliê de Cidadania1 is for adolescents in Belo Horizonte so they can speak up and bring forth their own concerns. The program promotes art workshops to rescue participants self-respect, self-assurance, self-steem, promoting juvenile protagonism and empowerment. That program also aims at helping adolescents to become subjects of their own history. Workshops dont work as art therapy. Participants, however, produce art their own way. The main needs include, not mentioning all, Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, and cognitive difficulties. This study was conducted due to the relevance of the Program and its importance to adolescents health and due to the low adhesion it has had. To evaluate primary care nurses knowledge of the Program, referral workflow and the profile of adolescents referred. Methodology: A structured questionnaire was applied and it included the following variants: allocation unit, duration of employment, knowledge of the program, referral workflow and the profile of users referred. Results: None of the professionals included in the study have less than a year-employment; most of them are in their duties for more than three years. From the group of professionals, 44% don´t know the Program, 62.5% dont know the referral workflow and 56% dont know the profiles of adolescents referred. Discussion: The program has been in place for more than seven years and many professionals still ignore it. Implementing different strategies is crucial to make the program effectively known among professionals.