IMPORTANCE OF SHARES OF HEALTH SCHOOL CONTEXT: LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Objective: To identify, from scientific evidence, the importance of health activities in the school setting. Method: An integrative review of the literature performed. In the first step, it defined the guiding question "what is the importance of health activities in the school environment?" In the second phase, the aim of selecting the studies relating to the object of study began by searching the Virtual Health Library. The Medical Subject Headings used "health program at school" and prevention; "school health" and prevention. They identified 4,543 publications, from the inclusion and exclusion criteria, pre-selected 37 articles, and selected 12 productions. Results: It found that the school health activities have many positive aspects, such as increased knowledge on the themes debated in schools, abandonment or reduction of inappropriate practices to health - drug use, unprotected sexual practices, for example. Added to violence prevention and risk reduction. Conclusion: The importance of health activities in the school environment is not limited to school; it extends also to the community. Thus, it is essential to strengthen the School Health Program, upgrade the skills of health and education for adoption of strategic promoting school health, in addition to the gradual increase of interventionist measures in the educational field in all municipalities of the country.