Health promotion in adolescents from the university extension process

Abstract

The work that is presented is derived from the partial results of an investigation whose main scenario is the promotion of integral health in pre-university adolescents to know the educational needs they present in terms of integral health issues in the stage of life that transit. The study carried out concluded that there are limitations regarding the contents of health promotion. In the psychopedagogical characterization the most relevant data were: schoolchildren of divorced parents, shyness traits, learning disorders and impulsive personality traits. The most representative family risks were: communication with the family, school and self-esteem, low confidence and negative patterns in some cases in the community and home. These difficulties made it possible to identify as a research problem: Insufficiencies in the practice of pre-university health promotion constitute risks for the integral health of adolescents and limit their integral education.