The ARS Alentejo sees the National Health Plan (NFP) as a "framework director of organizational change" and as such demand consider it and recover it when making the planning of activities or where changes tackles cultural, architectural and functional in the system the health of the region.
In this perspective, and following the philosophy of the NFP, ARS believes that it is in schools, at work and in places of recreation (where it spent much of the time of a typical day) that should introduce and promote prevention measures of disease and health promotion. Indeed, these environments are integrating a number of different interventions in nature as such it can definitely contribute to the success of these actions aimed at prevention of reducing the burden of disease over the life of our citizens.
In the specific case of schools, this principle is particularly important given the vital role they play in the process of acquisition of lifestyles and its importance to the aforementioned health promotion and disease prevention.
In this sequence, under the protocol established between the Ministries of Education and Health, the Regional Direction of Education of Alentejo and the Regional Health Administration proposed to carry out the implementation on the ground of the project called "Youth / Schools / Health".
Indeed, with this project, what it does is promote health education in schools, a process which contribute to the sectors of education and health, and to contribute, ultimately, for adoption by the schools of policies and practices consistent with the Promotion of Health, particularly with regard to the prevention of risk behaviour.
In this context, and with regard to the design curriculum, the curriculum areas not disciplinary - area of training and civic project - the privileged space for the development of activities under the project which now begins in Alentejo.
Let's take a brief characterization of the entire project:
1. Target Population (Cycle of Education) - now has to occur among young people, an increase in risk behaviors. Among other highlights is the increase in sedentary lifestyles, nutritional imbalances of violent conduct, morbidity and mortality from accidents, maternity and paternity early and behaviors potentially additives, related particularly alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs.
Thus, for the above reasons, those covered by the innovative project that is implemented in Alentejo are pupils of 2 and 3 cycles of basic education and secondary education in the region.
2. Partnerships - The main actors are the elements because the schools / groups, in which the project is developed, elements of Health Centres and local elements of the Portuguese Youth Institute and other partners in the community, whose release is appropriate. Currently, the schools are already implementing this project are:
- Secondary School Diogo Gouveia, in Beja;
- Integrated Primary School Diogo Lopes Sequeira, in Alandroal;
- Primary School 2, 3 and Secondary Dr. Hernani City, Redondo;
- Secondary School D. Sancho II in Elvas.
3. Content - The activities that are developed under this project focus on matters that relate to follow:
- Interpersonal Relations;
- Issues of Mental Health;
- Food Education;
- Oral Health;
- Sex Education;
- Prevention of Maternity / Paternity early;
- Prevention of consumption of licit and / or illegal;
- Prevention of HIV / AIDS and other STI;
- Security at the level of plant and equipment and Physical Activity.
4. Objectives - Establish an Office of the Schools Support for pupils under the Health Promotion. Contribute to:
- The improvement of intra and interpersonal relationships;
- The promotion of nutritional education;
- The promotion of oral health;
- The promotion of sexual and reproductive health, particularly the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and STI;
- Preventing the consumption of substances adictivantes, licit and / or illegal;
- The promotion of security at installations and equipment;
- The promotion of regular physical activity.
5. Materials and Human Resources - In schools, it needs to be provided a space for operation of the office of Draft. In addition will be used where justified an auditorium, or multipurpose room for the holding of sessions for clarification and / or discussions, if they involve a large number of participants. Other activities may take place in meeting rooms of various classes or other spaces provided by the school, for the purpose.
Regarding human resources, that are provided by schools and the Health Centres where this project is implemented. Whenever possible, the draft requires that parents be involved and Officers of Education as well as those with whom to establish partnerships.
6. Assessment
The assessment of this project is to begin now that will be made, essentially, in two different moments:
- Periodic evaluation and end of each school year;
- The first should be continuous, but achieved at the end of each school term, with a report jointly held by all elements actors who developed the actions, and will be presented at a meeting of the Pedagogical Council, the coordinator of the project.
- At the end of each school year, it is proposed that the assessment is made by the team to work in each school, and focusing on the business plan developed under the project. That should aim to promote good practices arising from the implementation of the Project and the recasting of the methodologies involved in activities, which have had less impact among students. Also here will lead to reflection, which should serve as a basis for drawing up proposals for work for the coming school year.
As regards specifically the work of the office of care for young people, should be made a record of each call. This should include the scope of each requested clarification and routing data, ensuring the data anonymous and confidential.
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This is a project that should already have been implemented in Portugal to 25 or 30 years ago - unfortunately vast majority of adults younger this region (Alentejo) was often far from access to such projects, with serious repercussions personal and interpersonal for many who today are already adults.
Amazed by the fact that the project be restricted to a small minority of children and young people of Alentejo - the overwhelming majority continued, as the 25 or 30 years, with lack of specialist support in terms of child health and youth, to all levels.
At ARS of Alentejo question is when the placement of specialized technical staff, full-time in each of the groups of primary schools and in each of the secondary schools in the region? In recent years it has witnessed a situation exactly the opposite.
I fear, therefore, that this project does not pass this same: the overwhelming majority of those who urgently need these actions continue to be marginalized.
Gerofil
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