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Program developed with adolescents in a health center: acquired knowledge about the themes studied by a multidisciplinary staff

Fifty-nine adolescent were analyzed in this study consisted of 37 girls and 22 boys who looked for help at the school-health center at Santo Amaro University. This study aimed verifying in the orientation program developed with the adolescents promoted knowledge about the questions developed during the execution of the referred program (sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases-STD, AIDS, drugs). The adolescents completed an evaluation questionnaire, which included the questions that subsequently would be asked before beginning the program. At the end of the process, they completed the evaluation questionnaire again. The comparison between the previous and post-program answers served as an assessment of the knowledge acquired by the adolescents. The results showed a significant increase of knowledge about the themes developed by a multidisciplinary staff and the gender did not differ significanthy in relation to the acquired knowledge.

Adolescence; Multidisciplinary service; Adolescence-health


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