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Comunicar Journal 27: Coomunication trends (Vol. 14 - 2006)

«Cinema and Health» Programme: A ipublic nitiative to promote adolescents' health

https://doi.org/10.3916/C27-2006-28

Javier Gallego-Diéguez

Carlos Gurpegui-Vidal

Abstract

«Cinema and Health» Programme has been created as a tool to improve the quality of health education on teenagers and it is developed by ESO teachers. Films go deeply into emotions, feelings and personal abilities and they also show everyday life situations to make easier for young people to reflect on them. Every year, the Programme «Cinema and Healthx involves more than 20.000 students from Aragon.

Keywords

Health education, adolescence, life abilities, emotions, cinema, screens