Educação escolar dialógica: as raízes para o avanço do acesso à saúde no Brasil e em Portugal

Abstract

Health education has been imposed on society by governments through campaigns or emergency vaccinations and for these reasons no school education has been invested as a popular participatory element. Thus, the absence of dialogue has historically hampered access to health by the majority of the population, both in Brazil and in Portugal. In both countries there is a lack of a dialogical school education focused on health problems from basic education. Dialogic Education is based on dialogue and the exchange of knowledges, where problematized education provides the development of critical and transforming capacity, allowing the argumentation and the ability to search for solutions. Recent technological advances have led to longer life expectancy and more computerization. However, the struggles for access to health will remain a social priority, these being the vital elements in sustaining democracy and universal access to health in Brazil and Portugal. Thus, to move forward, governments need investments in new educational strands on health from basic education.