O conceito de saúde na representação social de estudantes do curso de Licenciatura em Educação Física da Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco.

Abstract

In order to research the Social Representation of students of the Degree in Physical Education at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, this research was used as a database for texts published between the years 2012 and 2021 on the Scielo website. Searches were made with the descriptors Physical Education and Health and found 12 works previously selected during the research, with relevant parameters to contribute to the understanding of how the concept of health is found in society and understanding of the objective of this study. The results were included in an elaborate table, identifying the authors, the type, objectives, results and year of publication of the work. For the survey of the Social Representation of the concept of Health of the students of the Degree in Physical Education at UFRPE, a questionnaire was prepared, which could not be applied in person because of maintaining social distance as a preventive measure caused by the Pandemic caused by Covid-19. 19. So, for this reason, the questionnaire was applied online through the Google Forms platform, using the Free Word Association method containing 6 questions; being 3 for personal identification and 3 related to understanding about health. The questionnaire was disseminated in the course students' WhatsApp groups, resulting in a number of 37 volunteers. And as a result, it was possible to perceive a greater number of answers obtained by the students of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd period, which resulted in a relationship between health more focused on food. In order to understand this result, it must be taken into account that the answers of students in the first periods are still based on common sense and knowledge is a progression that is obtained throughout the graduation. Based on this result, a new research is indicated in the final periods of the course with these same volunteers from the 3 initial periods, for a more satisfactory survey of the research, with the deconstruction of common sense and with a more scientific basis.