Violence against children and adolescents: multidisciplinary PHC interventions in schools

Abstract

This excerpt of a master’s thesis aims to describe the construction of proposals for the prevention, combat, and attention to  intrafamily and school violence against child and adolescent students in a suburban  district of a municipality in the inland region of Bahia, Brazil. A qualitative, descriptive, exploratory study was conducted through  action research. The social stakeholders of  the research were the school community,  the family, and health professionals. Data  were collected by systematic observation, conversation circles, and seminars adopted  for situational diagnosis and the  development of interventions. Data was  interpreted through content analysis. The  activities revealed the relevance of the work developed in intersectoral and  multidisciplinary qualified network,  resulting in behavioral changes of adolescents at school and in the family,  their leadership in educational workshops  for a peace culture, the implementation of a  conflict mediation space at school, the  establishment of a physical activity project, drawing parents closer to the school, and  raising the awareness toward better  possibilities of non-violent domestic  education. We conclude that the  interventions initiated a movement of  change of practices and dialogue of the  several district services, resulting in a  gradual construction of peace territories in  the school and the community.