Teenage boys enrolled in the family allowance program: knowledge of the program in the family assisted

• Autor(a) principal: Barbosa, Núbia Maria Uchôa
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Diógenes, Maria Albertina Rocha, Sousa, Mariana Pompeu de, Mont'Alverne, Daniela Gardano Bucharles
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/4049
• topic: Government Programs; Adolescent; Male; Health Evaluation.; Programas de Gobierno; Adolescente; Masculinidad; Evaluación en Salud.; Programas Governamentais; Adolescente; Masculinidade; Avaliação em Saúde.

Objective: To identify the knowledge that teenage boys have about the Family Allowance Program (Programa Bolsa Familia) and its impact on the family assisted. Methods: This is a qualitative descriptive and exploratory study conducted between July and September 2014 in a public school in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with 12 teenage boys enrolled in the Family Allowance Program. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and the focus group technique. Data underwent content analysis, which yielded four thematic categories: Support for low-income people; school attendance as the main strategy; lack of priority in health promotion and disease prevention; impact on the families assisted. Results: The results showed that the teenage boys recognize the positive effects of the program on low-income families as it improves their purchasing power and leads to increased school attendance, reducing dropout rates; however, they did not mention that the program aims at health promotion and the support of complementary policies. Conclusion: There is a need to improve the health of the teenage boy enrolled in the Family Allowance Program with a focus on health promotion on a consolidated basis within a predictability perspective in the multiprofessional agenda of Primary Health Care.