Virtual health care center for adolescents: a possibility of intervention in the school environment

Abstract

Introduction: This study aimed to create a virtual environment aimed at disseminating educational practices aimed at promoting and preventing adolescent health in the school environment. In this sense, it is proposed to sensitize students about health care and to inform them about the type of service provided to them through the Unified Health System. Objective: Implement a virtual health care center for adolescents with the possibility of intervention in the school environment. Methods: Exploratory research with a qualitative and applied approach. As for technical procedures, action research was used, for data collection, the Focal Group instrument was used and in the data analysis, the Bardin content system was used. Results: The results showed that a virtual environment, used systematically under the guidance and supervision of trained professionals and designed according to the needs of adolescents can motivate and contribute to the promotion of educational and preventive actions for young people in an effective way. Conclusion: The virtual environment becomes a rich alternative for the development of educational and preventive actions, understood as a space for the respect of individuality and the learning time of each one, through instruments that facilitate and stimulate global development.