ACADEMIA CARIOCA PROGRAM PROMOTING ADOLESCENT HEALTH THROUGH INTEGRATED SPORTS PRACTICE TO THE FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY (SMSRJ-BRAZIL)

Introduction: The challenges related to the adolescent population access in Primary Health Care Units are present in the Family Health Strategy as a means of propagating critical knowledge about self-care and health promotion. The Academia Carioca Program implemented in 2009 by the Municipal Health Secretariat of Rio de Janeiro as Health Promotion strategy by offering regular physical activity guided by physical education professional integrated at Family Health, acts as a point of access to primary care building effective space orientation. Objective: Expose the strategy supported by the physical education professional Academia Carioca Program, combining the practice of sports to health services within the Family Clinic Alkindar Soares Pereira Filho (AP 52). Method: Systematic observation and participant of the practice and its effects on the Family Clinic with data collected from focus groups with 200 children and young people with an average of 13.5± 3.5 years of age (65% of boys) and 75 % beneficiaries of “Bolsa Família”. Results and Conclusion: The initiative because it is a football school in the region called Cinco Marias, was named "MARY FIVE CLUB" and reaffirmed their potential as educational activities targeted to adolescents. In the perception of professionals, shown to have expanded the participation of this group in preventive actions and health promotion by strengthening the link with the Health Strategy. Recognizing the Academia Carioca Program as an opportunity to improve the reception of this specific group and plan more effective actions based on formation of subject-citizens responsible for their health.