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BACKGROUND: Healthy literacy is a determinant key children/teenager's health and health outcomes. The aim of this study to identify the parents' assessment about Health Education practice to children and teenagers. METHODS: We opted for a descriptive, quantitative and cross-sectional research, with a non-probabilistic convenience sample. The inclusion criteria were: being a parent who uses attending children health appointments in primary health care; being a parent who has a child hospitalized and is accompanying him/her in the pediatric hospital inpatient ward. A questionnaire survey was built with three sections: sample characterization, Health Education practices performed by nurses (5 questions) and a scale that measured Health Education Assessment Scale (HEAS), which contained 48 items and was validated. It was applied from September to December 2018. RESULTS: The survey was filled in by 113 parents. The results showed that 100% (n = 113) of the parents feel comfortable to talk with nurses about children/teenagers health; 79.6% (n = 90) consider that nurses have time availability for the doubts clarification; 61.9% (n = 70) point out that nurses identify child/teenager needs; Healthy eating" (60.2%; n = 68), the "National Vaccination Plan" (53.1%; n = 60) and "Harmful behaviors prevention" (46.9%; n = 53) are the most important topics; 56.6% (n = 64) of the parents, when in doubt, turn first to the pediatrician, and 66.4% (n = 75) considered that this practice was equal important, compared with other nursing interventions. DISCUSSION: This study shows that Health Education provided by nurses is based on the need's identification, with a perspective of involvement and participation, promoting health and conscious changes which reinforces the nurses' position as health educators.
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AIM: This study aimed to analyze the nurse's evaluation of the health education practice to children and parents. METHODS: This is a descriptive and transversal research with a quantitative approach. The selection took place by non-probabilistic convenience sampling, and was developed with nurses on health units for pediatric hospitalization and primary health care in northern Portugal (Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro Hospital Center, EPE, Northern Regional Health Administration, Northern Local Health Unit, EPE.). Data were collected using a questionnaire with a sample of 311 nurses in the second semester of 2018. RESULTS: 77.5% (n = 241) of nurses perform health education daily; 65% (n = 202) prepare according to the identified needs; the "Identification of children/young and parents' health priorities" was considered to be the most facilitating element (n = 279; 89.7%); the most difficult element was the "Fear of confidentiality breach by the children/young and parents" (74.6%; n = 232); and 65.9% (n = 205) of nurses considered this practice to have equal importance compared to other nursing interventions. It was also found that academic/professional qualifications and the place of professional practice influence the importance that nurses attribute to HE practice. CONCLUSIONS: We can state that there is an appreciation of the binomial child and parents for a better identification of needs, and of the importance attributed to the current legal guidelines (letting themes leading to good health practices be addressed by nurses), which translates into a practice capable of influencing the determinants of health, which promotes health-enhancing behaviors and thus both leads to health gains and reinforces the nurse's position as health-promoting agents.
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Objetivo: identificar necessidades de formação dos enfermeiros em Educação em Saúde para a criança/jovem/família. Método: pesquisa quantitativa aplicada a uma amostra de 311 enfermeiros que realizavam Educação em Saúde para a criança/jovem/família em dois centros hospitalares e dois agrupamentos de atenção primária da província de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro no segundo semestre de 2018. Resultados: entre os inquiridos, 84,9% (n=264) não seguia nenhum modelo/teoria de Educação em Saúde; 66,2% (n=206) não frequentou nenhuma formação no âmbito da Educação em Saúde nos últimos cinco anos; 98,7% (n=307) considerou que a formação em Educação em Saúde é importante para o seu desenvolvimento profissional; e 93,6% (n=291) referiu necessidade de formação específica no âmbito da Educação em Saúde, nomeadamente em "técnicas de comunicação" (50,5%; n=157) e "estratégias técnico-pedagógicas" (50,5%; n=157). Conclusão: os enfermeiros sentiam necessidade de formação em modelos/teorias, técnicas de comunicação e estratégias técnico-pedagógicas de intervenção na Educação em Saúde.
Objetivo: identificar las necesidades formativas de las enfermeras en la Educación en Salud de los niños/jóvenes/familia. Método: estudio cuantitativo aplicado a una muestra de 311 enfermeras que realizan en la Educación en Salud de los niños/jóvenes/familia en dos centros hospitalarios y dos grupos de atención primaria en la provincia de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, en el segundo semestre de 2018. Resultados: entre los encuestados, el 84,9% (n=264) no sigue ninguna teoría/modelo de Educación en Salud; el 66,2% (n=206) no realizó ninguna formación en el contexto de la Educación en Salud en los últimos cinco años; el 98,7% (n=307) considera que la formación en Educación en Salud es importante para su desarrollo profesional; y el 93,6% (n=291), destacó la necesidad de formación específica en el campo de la Educación en Salud, especialmente en "técnicas de comunicación" (50,5%; n=157) y "estrategias técnico-pedagógicas" (50,5%; n=157). Conclusión: Las enfermeras consideraron la necesidad de formación en teorías y modelos, técnicas de comunicación y estrategias técnico-pedagógica de intervención en Educación en Salud.
Objetivo: to identify nurses' training needs in Health Education for the child/adolescent/family. Method: quantitative survey applied to a sample of 311 nurses who performed Health Education for the child/adolescent/family in two hospital centers and two primary care groupings in the province of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro in the second half of 2018. Results: among the respondents, 84.9% (n=264) did not follow any model/theory of health education; 66.2% (n=206) did not attend any training in the context of Health Education in the past five years; 98.7% (n=307) considered that the training in Health Education is important for their professional development; and 93.6% (n=291) reported the need for specific training in the field of Health Education, particularly in "communication techniques" (50.5%; n=157) and "technical-pedagogical strategies" (50.5%; n=157). Conclusion: the nurses felt the need for training in models/theories, communication techniques and technical-pedagogical strategies of intervention in Health Education.
