Occupational Therapy actions in violence prevention among youth: research report

Abstract

Violence serves as a media player, going unnoticed by his extensive trivialization, which is a socio-historical phenomenon marked by complex dynamic cultural and social diversities.The present article aims to describe and analyze the occupational therapeutic intervention in the violence prevention among youth and check the potential of Occupational Therapy resources in the promotion of strategies to confront the violence phenomenon. The data was collected in field diary and focal group. A content analysis was used, and the following thematic categories were developed: activities as expression; as means of strategies’ elaboration to confront violence and points of view about Occupational Therapy actions. It has been concluded that the activities stimulates the youth to reflect upon the dynamics of violence, creating strategies to cope with it.