Saude

1020

ARTIGO ARTICLE

Promoção de saúde: a convergência entre as propostas da vigilância da saúde e da escola cidadã Health promotion: convergence between the principles of health surveillance and socially responsible schools

Denise Aerts 1,2 Gehysa Guimarães Alves 2,3 Maria Walderez La Salvia 4 Claídes Abegg 1,5

Abstract
1 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, Brasil. 2 Coordenadoria Geral de Vigilância da Saúde, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brasil. 3 Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, Brasil. 4 Centro de Saúde Vila dos Comerciários, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brasil. 5 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Odontologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil. Correspondência D. Aerts Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Luterana do Brasil. Av. Ganzo 238, Rorto Alegre, RS 90150-070, Brasil. [e-mail]

The authors discuss the convergence between health surveillance and socially responsible schools from a health promotion perspective in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. The aim of health promotion strategies is to provide the population with the necessary means to improve their health. One of the explanatory paradigms for health surveillance is the social production of health, acknowledging the influence of living conditions on the population’s health. The main thrust of schools that promote citizenship is social inclusion, achieved through education by recognizing the needs and possibilities of students and empowering citizens by raising awareness of their rights and duties. The convergence between health surveillance and socially responsible schools is demonstrated in four fields of health promotion: development of personal capacities by providing information and health education to empower people for healthier choices; strengthening of community