OBJECTIVES: to characterize the profile of web-conference seminars on the health of adolescents and young people using registers from the cyber-education service of the Pernambuco Network of Cyber-Health Units (RedeNUTES). METHODS: a quantitative, retrospective, descriptive, exploratory study was carried out with dada from 1348 occasions on which health workers participated in seminars in the year 2009. RESULTS: RedeNUTES were in existence in 45% of municipalities in Pernambuco. 148 seminars were held (19% in the field of the health of adolescents and young people) with the participation of all the Regional Health Management Teams; with an especially strong participation on the part of nursing (51%) and dental health teams (16.5%). During the exchange of experiences, 151 questions were answered (an average of 5.4 per seminar), with strong participations of 55.5% and 19.7% from the aforementioned groups. CONCLUSIONS: is a need to encourage the participation of health workers in on-going training to strengthen continuous health promotion and all-round care for adolescents.
Education; distance; Telemedicine; Primary health care; Adolescent health
