Abstract
To verify the association between negative self-perception of health and school violence in adolescent students of the Municipality of Olinda (PE), Brazil. This is a cross-sectional, analytical and school-based study with a sample consisting of 2,614 adolescents selected through a strategy of random sampling in conglomerates. The information was obtained through the questionnaire "Youth Risk Behavior Survey" from which the issues of violence and self-perceived health were retrieved. Data were tabulated by Epi-data version 3.1 program and transcribed for SPSS version 22. The Chi-square test and the stepwise binary logistic regression model were used for data analysis. We observed that 26.7% of adolescents had a negative self-perception of health, and this was greater among girls. Concerning school violence, negative self-perception was associated with feelings of sadness, suicidal thoughts, bullying at school, robbery at school and safety at school. Gender and age were also associated (p < 0.05). We reinforce the need for culture and peace actions in adolescence, involving the school environment to reflect on poor health assessed by adolescents and reduce the rate of violence.
Highlights
Modern society is increasingly appreciating the different facets in which the phenomenon called violence is characterized
This study aims to verify the association between negative health self-perception and school violence in adolescent students of the city of Olinda (PE), Brazil
Negative self-perception of health was associated with gender (p < 0.001), income (p < 0.001), as well as with adolescents who felt sad (p < 0.001); who had already thought of suicide (p < 0.001); who suffered bullying at school (p < 0.001); who do not feel safe at school (p < 0.001) and who have already been robbed at school (p < 0.001)
Summary
Modern society is increasingly appreciating the different facets in which the phenomenon called violence is characterized. The World Health Organization (WHO)[3] states that “violence is a constant event in the lives of a large number of people throughout the world, from all generations, social and cultural groups, denouncing their presence from public to private spaces, traversing workplaces, the family core, besides various social interaction institutions, including schools”. In this regard, a school environment is a place that is in charge of educating and reporting knowledge and tends to assist the students’ full development, promotion of values and interpersonal relationships[4,5,6]. School violence has been the object of scientific investigations[2,8,9] whether by assaulting others or selfharm[10,11]
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