Nursing Intervention in adolescence: an institution experience in Public Secondary School

Adolescence is a key stage of life to the empowerment that must have health, but it has many needs that health teams still have not resolved. This article presents an analysis of the health situation of a group of teenagers attending a public institution of higher education and intervention by nursing students, focused on creating conditions for health promotion and disease prevention. This research was conducted from a quantitative, descriptive and was performed in an institution of secondary education in the period from September to November 2012. We worked with students and students of eighth and ninth year with a convenience sample. The main results indicated needs in sexuality, healthy lifestyles and conflict resolution. To address these issues evolved different strategies planned, organized, directed and controlled by the individual. We conclude that health education in adolescents is a public health problem and that nurses must meet.