Demand of the adolescent for education in health through virtual social networks: a descriptive study

Online braz. j. nurs. (Online); 12 (suplementar), 2013
Publication year: 2013

This is a dissertation project for the Academic Master in Health Care Sciences at the Fluminense Federal University.

Primary Aim:

To analyze the demand for education in health in virtual social networks for adolescents who live with chronic renal diseases.

Specific Aims:

To describe the experiences of adolescents who live with chronic renal diseases with the use of virtual social networks to acquire information related to health; to identify the demand for health education of adolescents in virtual social networks and report the effects of these demands of these adolescents on the role of the nurse.

Method:

This is a descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, to be performed based on semi-structured interviews with adolescents that live with chronic renal diseases and who search for information related to health in virtual social networks...