Prevalence and Impact of bullying on an adolescent health: an experience report

Abstract

Objective: Report the experiences arising from a project carried out by medical students in a territory located in the southern region of a city in the northwest of São Paulo. Experience report: This project is the result of practices developed in the curricular unit Practice of Teaching-Service-Community Integration (abbreviated as PIESC), of the medical course, and which aims, through a visit to the local Basic Health Unit, to recognize the territory, to survey the social equipment for adolescents and to carry out activities aimed at identifying the health needs of the group. The participants were aged between eleven and fourteen years old and, in all, there were twenty-four adolescents. Thus, from the experience, the performance of group dynamics, and the results obtained, the theme of violence proved to be the most recurrent, making it necessary to deepen the theme. Final considerations: In this context, among the members of the group, it was possible to observe the presence of bullying as a form of manifestation of psychological violence, and its occurrence through intimidating behavior and verbal aggression. Thus, the impact of bullying on teenagers' relationships and health was verified, justifying the importance of developing this study.