‘QUE DROGA DE PROJETO’: HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG USE

Introduction: An educational project, conducted in partnership with the health care team of ‘Centro de Saúde Jorge Saldanha’ and the local community was proposed because we believe that intervention in a playful, educational and cultural way is an efficient mechanism of drug use prevention. Goal: Integrate adolescents with health care workers and medical students in order to reduce the risk factors that initiate drugs abuses. Methodology:Qualitative work with experience report. Apply an active participation methodology with artistic and cultural activities and creation of volunteer groups. Results: The first step for promotion of health and drug abuse prevention is to show the importance of adolescents in their community. Medical students went at a local school to debate on the effects of drugs on the human body, integrating physiology and mental health. Later, classes were divided into two groups and was organized a contest of questions and answers on issues related to various types of drugs. Drugs fight posters were made by students and displayed on the school wall to show what they learn about it. Conclusion: The low acceptance of the traditional method of health education observed by previous activities, led to the realization of dynamic and active methods of teaching. The ‘Que Droga de Projeto’ contributed to promote health of the local population, improving the quality of community lives that will act directly to combat drugs use.