Health education in undergraduate nursing education: students' perceptions

• Main Author: Gonçalves, Michele Carla
• Publication Date: 2021
• Other Authors: Rocha, Nylze Helena Guillarducci, Silva, Maria Paula Custódio, Goulart, Bethania Ferreira, Rocha, Jesislei Bonolo do Amaral, Contim, Divanice
• Format: Article
• Language: por; eng; spa
• Source: Revista Família, Ciclos de Vida e Saúde no Contexto Social
• Download full: https://seer.uftm.edu.br/revistaeletronica/index.php/refacs/article/view/4794
• topic: Educación en salud; Educación en Enfermería; Estudiantes de Enfermería; Educación superior; Enseñanza; Health education; Education, Nursing; Students, Nursing; Education, Higher; Teaching; Educação em Saúde; Educação em Enfermagem; Estudantes de Enfermagem; Educação Superior; Ensino.

This is a qualitative study of a descriptive and exploratory nature, carried out between November 2018 and April 2019, in a Brazilian public university. It aimed to identify the perception of undergraduate nursing students about the Health Education discipline. Data collection was performed through a semi-structured instrument and interview, and the analysis through the Discourse of the Collective Subject. Thirty-five students from the ninth and tenth periods participated, of which: 80% were female and 20% were male; with an average age of 24 years; 54.28% of the tenth period and 45.72% of the ninth period; 77.14% were single. Four central ideas emerged: Importance of the Health Education discipline for academic development; Practices of the Health Education discipline from the perspective of students; Discipline of Health Education as a teaching strategy for the population; and Critical view of learning health education. It was found that the Health Education discipline in the context of nursing academic training can qualify their performance, showing itself as a work tool and strategy for health promotion and disease prevention.