DIMENSIONAL APPROACH OF SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF TEENS ABOUT BEING HEALTHY

Abstract

This study aimed to grasp the representational content of being healthy according to the point of view of teenagers. A qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research with dimensional approach anchored in the Theory of Social Representations was conducted. A semi-structured interview was made with 24 teenagers, and for the results it was applied the technique of content analysis. According to the teenagers interviewed, multiple dimensions of human life are integrated for building the “being healthy” which are related and conditioned by political, social, cultural and economic determinants linked specifically to health needs, which involves diet, physical activity, health care, among others.