Causas do bullying: resultados da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar

Objective: to identify the characteristics and reasons reported by Brazilian students for school bullying. Method: this cross-sectional study uses data from an epidemiological survey (National Survey of School Health) conducted in 2012. A total of 109,104 9th grade students from private and public schools participated. Data were collected through a self-applied questionnaire and the analysis was performed using SPSS, version 20, Complex Samples Module. Results: the prevalence of bullying was 7.2%, most frequently affecting Afro-descendant or indigenous younger boys, whose mothers were characterized by low levels of education. In regard to the reasons/causes of bullying, 51.2% did not specify; the second highest frequency of victimization was related to body appearance (18.6%); followed by facial appearance (16.2%); race/color (6.8%); sexual orientation 2.9%; religion 2.5%; and region of origin 1.7%. The results are similar to those found in other sociocultural contexts. Conclusion: the problem belongs to the health field because it gathers aspects that determine the students' health-disease-care continuum.Objetivo: identificar as características e os motivos associados ao bullying escolar, por adolescentes brasileiros. Método: trata-se de uma investigação transversal, com dados provenientes de um inquérito epidemiológico (Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar), realizado em 2012. Participaram do estudo 109.104 estudantes do 9º ano do ensino fundamental, de escolas públicas e privadas, localizadas em zonas urbanas ou rurais, de todo território brasileiro. A coleta de dados ocorreu por meio de um questionário autoaplicável e a análise foi realizada no software SPSS, versão 20, utilizando procedimentos do Complex Samples Module. Resultados: a prevalência de bullying identificada no estudo foi de 7,2%, sendo mais frequente no sexo masculino, em alunos mais jovens, de cor preta e indígena, e com mães sem nenhuma escolaridade. Dentre as causas/motivos do bullying, 51,2% não souberam especificar, e a segunda maior frequência de vitimização foi relacionada à aparência do corpo (18,6%), seguida da aparência do rosto (16,2%), raça/cor (6,8%), orientação sexual (2,9%), religião (2,5%) e região de origem (1,7%). Os resultados obtidos são semelhantes aos encontrados em outros contextos socioculturais. Conclusão: evidencia-se a problemática como pertencente ao domínio da área da saúde, uma vez que congrega determinantes para reflexão sobre o processo saúdedoença- cuidado dos escolares.Objetivo: identificar las características y los motivos asociados por adolescentes brasileños al bullying escolar. Método: se trata de una investigación transversal, con datos provenientes de una encuesta epidemiológica (Investigación Nacional de Salud del Escolar) realizada en 2012. Participaron del estudio 109.104 estudiantes del 9º año de la enseñanza fundamental, de escuelas públicas y privadas, localizadas en zonas urbanas o rurales, en todo el territorio brasileño. La recolección de datos ocurrió por medio de un cuestionario autoaplicable y el análisis fue realizado con el programa SPSS versión 20, utilizando procedimientos del Complex Samples Module. Resultados: la prevalencia de bullying identificada en el estudio fue de 7,2%, y fue más frecuente en el sexo masculino, en alumnos más jóvenes, de color negro e indígena, cuyas madres no tenían ninguna escolaridad. Entre las causas/motivos del bullying, 51,2% no supieron especificar, la segunda mayor frecuencia de victimización fue relacionada a la apariencia del cuerpo (18,6%), seguida de la apariencia del rostro (16,2%), raza/color (6,8%), orientación sexual 2,9%, religión 2,5%, región de origen 1,7%. Los resultados obtenidos son semejantes a los encontrados en otros contextos socioculturales. Conclusión: se evidenció la problemática como perteneciente al dominio del área de la salud, una vez que congrega determinantes para pensar el proceso salud-enfermedad-cuidado de los escolares

Sexual health of adolescents according to the National Survey of School Health

O objetivo deste estudo foi descrever as situações relacionadas à saúde sexual dos adolescentes, segundo a Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar (PeNSE). Trata-se de um estudo transversal, realizado pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) em parceria com o Ministério da Saúde, que envolveu 60.973 escolares e 1.453 escolas públicas e privadas. A análise dos dados aponta que 30,5% (IC95% 29,9-31,2) dos adolescentes já tiveram relação sexual alguma vez na vida, sendo mais frequente em meninos (43,7%; IC95% 42,7-44,7) do que em meninas (18,7%; IC95% 18,0-19,4), naqueles que estudam em escola pública (33,1%; IC95% 32,4-33,9), com idade acima de 15 anos (47,3%; IC95% 45,7-48,9) e aos 16 anos (63,5%; IC95% 61,5-65,4). A idade de iniciação sexual foi precoce e 40,1% dos adolescentes (IC95% 38,8-41,4) relataram ter tido um único parceiro na vida. O uso do preservativo na ultima relação sexual foi elevado tanto para proteção (75,9%; IC95% 74,8-76,9), como também para método contraceptivo na última relação sexual (74,7%; IC95% 73,6-75,7). Torna-se necessário enfatizar ações de promoção à saúde sexual voltadas aos adolescentes, visando minimizar vulnerabilidades.The objective of this study was to describe situations related to sexual health of adolescents, according to the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE). It is a cross-sectional study performed by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in partnership with the Ministry of Health that involved 60,973 students and 1,453 public and private schools. Data analysis points out that 30.5% (95%CI 29.9-31.2) of the adolescents had already had sexual relations sometime in their lives, being more frequent for males (43.7%; 95%CI 42.7-44.7) than females (18.7%; 95%CI 18.0-19.4), especially those who go to public schools (33.1%; 95%CI 32.4-33.9), aged 15 years or older (47.3%; 95%CI 45.7-48.9) and 16 years (63.5%; 95%CI 61,5-65.4). The sexual initiation age was early and 40.1% (95%CI 38.8-41.4) reported having had only one partner in life. The use of condoms in the last sexual relation was high both for protective (75.9%; CI95% 74.8-76.9) and contraceptive methods (74.7%; 95%CI 73.6-75.7). It is necessary to emphasize actions for promoting sexual health towards adolescents in order to minimize vulnerabilities

Bullying entre adolescentes brasileiros: evidências das Pesquisas Nacionais de Saúde do Escolar, Brasil, 2015 e 2019

  Objetivo: estimar la prevalencia de indicadores relacionados con el bullying entre escolares brasileños de 13 a 17 años y comparar los eventos de 2015 y 2019. Método: estudio descriptivo, transversal, con datos de las Encuestas Nacionales de Salud Escolar realizado en todos los estados brasileños. Las prevalencias e intervalos de confianza (IC95%) de los indicadores se estimaron en 2019. Para probar las diferencias entre las dos ediciones se utilizó la prueba T de Student (p ≤ 0,01). Resultados: la prevalencia de la práctica de bullying disminuyó del 20,4% (IC95%: 19,2-21,5) en 2015 al 12,0% (IC95%: 11,6-12,5) en 2019. Los motivos aducidos para sufrir bullying fueron similares en las dos ediciones: apariencia del cuerpo y rostro y color de piel o raza. Las prevalencias entre los estados brasileños fueron similares, siendo que hubo mayores índices de padecer bullying en el estado de Tocantins, de situaciones de cyberbullying en los estados de Mato Grosso y Amapá, y de hacer bullying en Río de Janeiro. Conclusión: hubo una reducción a la mitad en la práctica de bullying, con un informe señalando que la relación no es buena entre los adolescentes brasileños, sin embargo, la prevalencia de bullying y cyberbullying es alta en el país. Por lo tanto, se debe prestar atención a las políticas públicas para reducir y enfrentar esta situación en el escenario nacional.Objective: to estimate the prevalence rate of indicators related to bullying among Brazilian students aged 13 to 17 years and compare its occurrence between 2015 and 2019. Method: this is a descriptive cross-sectional study, with data from the National Survey of School Health, carried out in all Brazilian states. The prevalence rate and confidence intervals (95%CI) of the indicators were estimated in 2019. Student’s t test was used (p ≤ 0.01) to test the differences between editions. Results: the prevalence rate of bullying decreased from 20.4% (95%CI: 19.2 - 21.5) in 2015 to 12.0% (95%CI: 11.6 - 12.5) in 2019. The reasons cited for being bullied were similar in both editions: bodily appearance, facial appearance, and color/race. Prevalence rates were similar between states. The state of Tocantins presented the highest number of bully-victims; states of Mato Grosso and Amapá had the highest number of adolescents being involved in cyberbullying situations, and the state of Rio de Janeiro presented the highest number of bullies. Conclusion: there was a reduction by half in bullying and in the report on not being treated well among Brazilian adolescents; however, the prevalence rate of being bullied and cyberbullying are high in the country. Therefore, attention should be paid to policies to reduce and confront this issue on the national scene.Objetivo: estimar a prevalência de indicadores referentes ao bullying entre escolares brasileiros de 13 a 17 anos e comparar sua ocorrência entre 2015 e 2019. Método: estudo descritivo, transversal, com dados das Pesquisas Nacionais de Saúde do Escolar, realizada em todos os estados brasileiros. Foram estimadas as prevalências e os intervalos de confiança (IC95%) dos indicadores em 2019. Para testar as diferenças entre as duas edições, utilizou-se o teste t de Student (p ≤ 0,01). Resultados: a prevalência de praticar bullying reduziu de 20,4% (IC95%: 19,2-21,5) em 2015 para 12,0% (IC95%: 11,6-12,5) em 2019. Os motivos apontados para sofrer bullying foram semelhantes nas duas edições: aparência do corpo, aparência do rosto e cor ou raça. As prevalências foram semelhantes entre os estados, sendo mais elevado sofrer bullying no Tocantins, envolver-se em situações de cyberbullying em Mato Grosso e Amapá, e praticar bullying foi mais elevado no Rio de Janeiro. Conclusão: ocorreu redução da prática do bullying pela metade, e do relato de não ser bem tratado entre adolescentes brasileiros, entretanto a prevalência de sofrer bullying é elevada no país, bem como o cyberbullying. Por isso, deve-se ter atenção e priorizar políticas para redução e enfrentamento desta prática no cenário nacional

Uso de substâncias psicoativas, contexto familiar e saúde mental em adolescentes brasileiros, Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde dos Escolares (PeNSE 2012)

OBJETIVO: Avaliar a associação entre o consumo de substâncias psicoativas (tabaco, bebidas alcoólicas e drogas ilícitas) e variáveis demográficas, saúde mental e o contexto familiar em escolares. MÉTODOS: A Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar foi realizada em uma amostra nacional de 109.104 alunos. Foram coletadas informações referentes às variáveis demográficas, contexto familiar e saúde mental. A regressão logística múltipla foi utilizada para avaliar as associações de interesse. RESULTADOS: As análises multivariadas mostraram que o consumo de álcool foi mais elevado entre as meninas, experimentação de drogas foi mais elevada entre os meninos e não houve diferença entre os sexos para tabagismo. Idade mais jovem e ser da cor parda estiveram associados negativamente ao uso do tabaco, bebidas alcoólicas e drogas ilícitas. Também estiveram associadas negativamente a tais comportamentos de risco as características do contexto familiar representadas por: morar com os pais, fazer refeição em conjunto e supervisão parental (os pais saberem o que o filho faz no tempo livre). Por outro lado, características da saúde mental como a solidão e insônia estiveram associadas positivamente ao uso do tabaco, bebidas alcoólicas e drogas ilícitas. Não ter amigos associou-se positivamente ao uso do tabaco e drogas ilícitas, e negativamente ao uso do álcool. CONCLUSÕES: O estudo aponta o efeito protetor da supervisão familiar no uso de tabaco, álcool e drogas, e, ao contrário, o aumento do consumo em função de aspectos relacionados à saúde mental, como solidão, insônia e não ter amigos. Os achados do estudo podem apoiar ações dos profissionais de saúde, educação, famílias e governo na prevenção contra o uso destas substâncias junto aos adolescentes.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between the consumption of psychoactive substances (tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs) and demographic variables, mental health and family context among school-aged children. METHODS: The National Adolescent School-based Health Survey was held with a national sample of 109,104 students. Data regarding demographic variables, family background and mental health were collected. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the associations of interest. RESULTS: Multivariate analyses showed that alcohol consumption was higher among girls, drug experimentation was more frequent among boys and that there was no difference between sexes for smoking. Being younger and mulatto were negatively associated with the use of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs. Also negatively associated with such risk behaviors were characteristics of the family context represented by: living with parents, having meals together and parental supervision (when parents know what the child does in their free time). Moreover, characteristics of mental health such as loneliness and insomnia were positively associated with use of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs. Not having friends was positively associated with use of tobacco and illicit drugs and negatively associated with alcohol use. CONCLUSIONS: The study shows the protective effect of family supervision in the use of tobacco, alcohol and drugs and, on the contrary, the increasing use of substances according to aspects of mental health, such as loneliness, insomnia and the fact of not having friends. The study's findings may support actions from health and education professionals, as well as from the government and families in order to prevent the use of these substances by adolescents

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8–11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world’s most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepre sented in biodiversity databases.13–15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may elim inate pieces of the Amazon’s biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological com munities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple or ganism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region’s vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most ne glected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lostinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

New ways to face school failure?: theory and practice in the context of the plural school proposal

The present work is part of an investigative effort conducted under the supervision of the Center for Research and Studies of School Learning and Practices of the Graduate (Master’s Degree Levei) program (Department of Education - Federal University of Uberlândia). More specifically, this research focusses on issues related to the field of educational policies and their impact on institutional education. Its central objective was to discuss how the reality of school underachievement and failure has been addressed by politico-pedagogic proposals considered innovative. Most particularly it focuses on the Plural School (Escola Plural) model developed by the public school system of the city of Belo Horizonte in the mid 1990’s. It was necessary to understand to what extent the new approach adopted by the educational policies implemented in conjunction with the Escola Plural model created change in the “doing” and “thinking” in the art of teaching. To answer these questions it was necessary, in the beginning, to address the main theoretical approaches that deal with the issue of school underachievement and ftnd out how these approaches are present in the historical development of the Brazilian socitey and education. The starting point of the effort to address these issues was the “Movement for the New School”in Brasil, a movement that started in the 1920’s and culminating in the 1990’s with the advent of several alternative pedagogic approaches which were implemented in many public school Systems amongst which that of the city of Belo Horizonte. This data is systematized in the fírst chapter. The second chapter is dedicated to an analysis of the Escola Plural concept. Its goal is to analyse this new model, which was developed in contrast with and as an alternative to the traditional school model of selection and exclusion. The new model was conceived and developed based on new initiatives that were already emerging in the public school system of Belo Horizonte which sought to re-think pedagogic practices and examine methods dealing with the issue of school underachievement. Finally in the third chapter the data obtained from interviews with teachers of the Belo Horizonte public school system is properly categorized and systematized. Altogether 12 teachers participated in the interview process from a total of four (4) different schools. Two (2) of these schools were considered as resistant to the the Plural School model whereas the other two (2) were considered supportive of the model. In order to appropriately analyze, decode and process the data collected by way of these interviews, the theory of social representation was employed (with an approach delineated by Serge Moscovici). At the end of these analysis it was possible to establish that, despile proposing new mechanisms and new methodologies to deal with the issue of school underachievement, many elements of this new approach still relain influence of the biopsychological perspective as well as of the cultural déficit approach in their teaching practices and representations. The conclusion is that important changes have been achieved in the Belo Horizonte Public School System as a result of the Escola Plural model to overcome practices responsible for school underachievement. However, many of these changes have yet to be fully incorporated to the “doing” and “thinking” of the teaching practices of the professionals of the public school system.Dissertação (Mestrado)Este trabalho se insere dentro do campo de investigação do Núcleo de Pesquisa e Estudos de Saberes e Práticas Escolares do Programa de Pós-Graduação/Mestrado em Educação da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, mais especificamente dentro da linha de pesquisa que investiga questões do campo das políticas educacionais e suas implicações na organização escolar. Teve como objetivo central discutir como a questão do fracasso escolar tem sido abordada e enfrentada nas propostas político-pedagógicas consideradas inovadoras, em especial, na experiência da proposta Escola Plural, implantada na rede municipal de ensino de Belo Horizonte a partir de meados dos anos 90. Interessava compreender em que medida as novas diretrizes definidas no contexto das políticas educacionais implementadas, a partir da proposta Escola Plural, implicaram mudanças no fazer e no pensar docente. Inicialmente, recuperamos as principais abordagens teóricas sobre a questão do fracasso escolar e como essas se fizeram presentes no desenvolvimento histórico da sociedade e da educação brasileira. Essa retomada teve como ponto de partida as contribuições do Movimento da Escola Nova no Brasil, a partir dos anos 20, chegando até os anos 90, quando teremos no Brasil a eclosão de várias propostas pedagógicas alternativas sendo implementadas em diferentes sistemas de ensino, dentre eles o da rede municipal de Belo Horizonte. Em seguida, analisamos a proposta Escola Plural, seus fundamentos, diretrizes e contexto histórico em que foi produzida, para depois sistematizarmos os dados obtidos a partir de depoimentos de professores da rede municipal de ensino de Belo Horizonte. Foram entrevistados doze professores de quatro escolas distintas, sendo que duas dessas escolas eram consideradas como unidades resistentes à proposta Escola Plural e as outras duas como instituições que apoiavam de forma mais efetiva essa proposta. Para a análise desses depoimentos recorremos à Teoria das Representações Sociais, a partir da perspectiva delineada por Serge Moscovici. Ao final das análises desenvolvidas, concluímos que, apesar da proposta Escola Plural propor novos mecanismos e novas perspectivas de análise para o enfrentamento da questão do fracasso escolar, vários elementos de abordagens dessa questão dentro de uma concepção biopsicologizada, quanto aquelas dentro da perspectiva da tese do déficit cultural, continuam fortemente presentes nas representações e práticas dos docentes. Depreende-se que, sem dúvida, na rede municipal de ensino de Belo Horizonte, a partir da proposta Escola Plural, importantes mudanças têm ocorrido na busca de superação das práticas geradoras do fracasso escolar, entretanto, muitas dessas mudanças ainda não se consolidaram no fazer e no pensar docente dos profissionais dessa rede