Citation

de Melo EM, de Faria HP, Melo MA, Chaves AB, Machado GP. Cad. Saude Publica 2005; 21(1): 39-48.

Vernacular Title

Projeto Meninos do Rio: mundo da vida, adolescencia e riscos de saude.

Affiliation

Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. elzamelo@medicina.ufmg.br

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Escola Nacional De Saude Publica)

DOI

/S0102-311X2005000100005

PMID

15692636

Abstract

This study focuses on health risks among teenagers from two towns in the Sao Francisco River Valley (Ibiai and Morada Nova) and slums in Morro das Pedras, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The study discusses teaching and extracurricular activities by the Federal University in Minas Gerais in these localities, aimed at promoting health in adolescence. The authors use the Habermas communicative action theory as the main theoretical and methodological approach. The research adopted a qualitative and quantitative methodology, including dynamic observation, focus groups, interviews, and questionnaires answered by high school students. Sexuality, work, and violence were the main themes and were associated with numerous health risks. Work in the 10-to-14-year-old group was associated with nearly all types of health risks. The authors analyze the relations between context and adolescent behavior using the Habermasian concept of lifeworld colonization.

Language: pt