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Health Surveillance: What Adolescents Expect

Table 1: Opinion of the adolescents about the Consultation

Categories SubCategories Registration units Total
Rural school Urban school
Prevention Inform "It is to inform teens how do you should prepare for the future."(A), (A) - 2"It is where we explain what is adolescence, symptoms and sometimes we feel like doing." (G) - 1"To explain where the diseases are, how we can get them and its effects..."(C), (D), (H), (I) - 4"Young people want to have more information about the issues that concern teens..." (E), (F), (J) - 3"Information on methods for concentration in studies." (L) - 1"... may help to know about the dangers that can run with sexually transmitted diseases." (D) - 1 7 5
Prevent diseases "Longer serve to prevent diseases..." (A), (B), (D), (E), (F), (G), (I), (J), (K), (L) - 10"The consultation should help us to do good things for our health ... and we know what we can do to be healthier." (D) - 1 6 5
Clarify doubts "It must be for questions and clarify about the diseases we can catch up." (C), (K) - 2"That's where we can ask questions about adolescence and we can take our doubts ..." (A), (B), (C), (D) (D) (D), (E), (F) (G), (H), (I), (L) - 12"It is a space to clarify myths..." (K) - 1"It is also where we can answer questions we have regarding issues that arise..." (D), (K), (L) - 3 10 8
To advise "...And advise some measures..." (B) - 1"...ask for advice, we can not tell our parents and our friends... "(E), (K) - 2 2 1
Learn "It serves to learn important things about adolescence." (B), (C), (C) - 3"It serves to educate more young people..." (B) - 1 4 0
Guide "It is to be prepared for the future, how to have a life together, how it will be, learn to be a father." (A) - 1"...mainly oriented to the future, to have a good society, responsible, not selfish, to think of others, to be solidary" (A), (A), (A), (F) - 4"It may help guide us to our life." (D) - 1 6 0
Treatment "It's for when young people have health problems and can not solve alone" (A) – 1"...and how we must also treat diseases if necessary, because when we have a problem or a disease, I think it was also important to gear us how to solve it" (C), (H), (L) - 3 2 2
Supportive relationship Help The person who makes the query ... Help us ... "(F) - 1"...assist in the journey of life, help with family problems." (K) - 1 1 1
Talk "...And talk about tobacco and alcohol, which should not be used." (C) - 1"It's a consultation to discuss problems that exist, as solve them, about the changes in adolescence, how the teen feels to others and to himself, in society." (F), (H), (I) - 3"A place where we can address different topics, which disturb us during adolescence.” (G) - 1 2 3
Unburden "... And also vent about various topics ..." (A), (A) - 2"It is a consultation where you can vent all our problems ..." (E), (G), (G) - 3 3 2
Specialized information "It is important, if we have some doubts, we have experts to talk with "(B), (B), (F) – 3"It is important because young people explain them things that are not the truth, and consultation understand otherwise, and it is good that they know such things correctly" (D), (E), (E), (J) – 4"I think it's important to have a person to talk to, because the professional will not tell what we had talk." (B) – 1 7 1
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