Health care services to adolescents in six cities of the 12nd regional health coordination

Abstract

This study aimed to know the offer of services of health care to adolescents in the cities of the 12nd Regional Health CoordInation (RHC), through the perception of nurses and tutelary counselors. It is a qualitaive research. The sample was constituted by tutelary counselors and nurses of six, out of 25 cities of the 12nd RHC of Rio Grande do Sul. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and then organized to proceed to content analysis, which was later carried out. After such stage, two categories emerged: Offer of Services to Adolescents and Offer of Services to Adolescents in Social Vulnerability. Several actions are directed to adolescents, as concerns the health, educational, religious or social fields. However, in most of the cities such actions are not articulated. Specific actions towards adolescents in social vulnerability were highlighted

Keywords

• enfermagem
• adolescente
• serviços de saúde para adolescentes
• saúde do adolescente