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SPERANDIO, Ana Maria Girotti et al. Ensino e práticas de promoção da saúde durante o primeiro ano de medicina, Unicamp. Rev. Bras. Educ. Med. [online]. 2010, vol.34, n.04, pp.615-621. ISSN 1981-5271.

Introduction: According to Brazil’s National Curriculum Guidelines and recommendations from the Brazilian Association of Medical Education (ABEM) to expand the general practice focus of medicine, the School of Medicine at the University of Campinas (FCM-UNICAMP) renewed its curriculum by introducing a course on Public Health Action in the first year, in which students are expected to identify and take steps to attenuate a specific public health problem in the region, through projects in primary care clinics or Health Centers. In 2008, students detected a high teenage pregnancy rate in the area surrounding the São Quirino Health center, and a project was developed that focused on the reasons and consequences for this phenomenon. Objective: The objective was to improve the quality of life of these teenage mothers and their infants. Methods: A sample of adolescents was selected, after which a questionnaire was applied and a Pregnant Women’s Support Group was organized in the Health Center. Workshops were held on various topics. Results: Student and staff at the Health Center worked in collaboration, which helped sustain the work in the subsequent years. Conclusion: The adolescents recognized the importance of proper care during pregnancy, and the medical students had early contact with practices under the Unified National Health System (SUS).

Palabras clave : Medical Education; Health Promotion; Pregnant Women; Adolescents.

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