Prevenção de acidentes em crianças e adolescentes na estratégia saúde da família

Abstract

This qualitative study aimed to identify nurses’ conceptions of health education, and their related actions in the Family Health Strategy, and to highlight those relating to accidents involving children and adolescents at home. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews of 10 Family Health Strategy nurses in Imperatriz, Maranhão State, Brazil, in January 2012, and analyzed using content analysis. The results showed that nurses do not engage in health education directed to preventing accidents in childhood and adolescence, and that it is necessary to address issues of this nature. It was concluded that, as injuries are recurrent in the area assigned to the participants, health education on the subject is necessary in order to reduce accident rates and strengthen users’ desire to change health-related behaviors.