The Falcon School Jose de Miranda do Corvo inaugurated the Office of Health Promotion (GPS), which will operate each Monday afternoon with the presence of a nurse's Health Center for questions to students. "In a school population with about 700 students and a multitude of problems, it is essential that students find answers technical and professional questions about their" stressed Luis Fausto, chairman of the Group of Schools of Miranda do Corvo and director of the School Jose Falcon .
In an informal atmosphere, the inauguration was attended the councilwoman Carla Baptista, medical that will support the project technically, the director of the Center for Health, Cesar Fernandes, the head of the department of nursing, Jose Taborda, and nursing interns from the 4 . th year of the School of Nursing from Coimbra, who were authors of the project, in addition to other officials and a representative of the Association of Students. Through GPS, students will clarify questions about health, oral, healthy diet, physical activity, safety and accident prevention, sexuality, alcohol, drugs and other issues related to health.
The councilwoman Carla Baptista stressed the great 'educational value of the project ", which is based on a section on health promotion and disease prevention. "The aspect of health promotion has been forgotten in the country, but the Health Center of Miranda do Corvo showed that remains at the forefront of primary health care, promoting interventions of great educational value", stressed the mayor.
For the director of the Center for Health, Cesar Fernandes, the creation of GPS belongs to "implement a philosophy of medicine to a close, ever closer to the people". According to this doctor responsible, "the school population is so vulnerable that could benefit quite this space ', where students can present their concerns and questions in a space of open dialogue and confidential".
The GPS results from the partnership between the Health Center, the grouping of Schools Joseph Falcon and the City Council, with support from the Institute of Sport in Portugal.
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