Abstract

BELTRAO, Glenda Gabriele Bezerra; AGUIAR, José Vicente de Souza  and  SILVA, Andrigéssica Mota da. HEALTH-DISEASE RELATIONSHIP FROM CHILDREM’S LIFE EXPERIENCES. Rev. Exitus [online]. 2021, vol.11, e020148.  Epub Mar 26, 2022. ISSN 2237-9460.  https://doi.org/10.24065/2237-9460.2021v11n1id1560.

Discussions on health education are urgent and should cover both school and nonschool spaces so that children can reflect on essential issues that influence their lives and, consequently, their health. We sought to understand how the health-disease theme relates to the life experiences of children in the 5th grade of Elementary School of a State School in the city of Barreirinha, Amazonas, Brazil. The research was developed with a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach and data analysis. The investigation involved 16 children of both sexes, aged between ten and eleven years, from a 5th grade Elementary School class. The results indicate that children have knowledge of the health-disease theme and present a plurality of daily experiences of illness (experiences of illness, interpersonal relationship, leisure, hygiene and eating habits) that can affect their lives and their school performance. Regarding food issues, however, there is a dissociation, in part, between the knowledge acquired in school learning and the attitudes regarding food choices that are available to them. This dissociation indicates the need to seek means that not only contribute to the acquisition of theoretical knowledge, but that allow students to make articulations in their daily lives, especially in food choices, principally those less harmful to health. This study highlights the need for discussions on the health-disease theme in school and non-school spaces, in order to provide students with access to knowledge about the health-disease relationship fundamental to their lives.

Keywords : Health-disease; Life experiences; Children.

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