Introducing a health listener service in a school: experience report

Abstract

During the year of 2000, in a Junior High School of Porto Alegre, a health listener service was introduced aiming to ease the path of the school community to information and to answer their health needs. The activities were based on three axes: Developing Adults Capabilities, Assistance and Education. Those activities focused on health and tried to approach different subjects according to the school community needs. Through this work, we support the importance of developing workshops and nursing consultations as efficient ways to bring education and health to the community.