Vol. 46 No. especial 3 nov (2022): PSE: 15 years promoting health at school

‘PSE: 15 years promoting health at school’ is the result of the intersectoriality between health and education in the long commitment of those sectors in the implementation of the School Health Program (PSE) in Brazil. […] Its proposal is to disseminate knowledge on the implementation, intersectoral management, and actions of the PSE in health promotion, prevention of diseases and injuries, as well as health care for students in the public Basic Education network. […] In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the PSE, Department of Health Promotion of the Secretariat of Primary Health Care of the Ministry of Health (DEPROS/SAPS/MS), and supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)and the Brazilian Center for Health Studies (CEBES), chose to celebrate a feast of scientific knowledge of innovations in the field of intersectoriality between health and education through the publication of this special issue of the journal ‘Saúde em Debate’. (parts from the Presentation of the special number).

Topics covered: Implementation of the School Health Program (PSE) in Brazil; youth participation in the PSE: the role of federal management; the PSE in the Federal District before and during the COVID-19 pandemic; scope of the PSE in Vitória de Santo Antão-PE; integration of PSE actions among health and education professionals in Belo Horizonte-MG; analysis of the work process of health and education professionals in the PSE; perception of health and education professionals about the PSE; PSE: potentialities and limits of intersectoral articulation for child health promotion; adequate and healthy food under the PSE; educational practices of nutritionists in the PSE; actions of body practices and physical activity in the PSE; PSE: aspects of students’ oral health; PSE: prevent Dengue, Zika and Chikunguny; PSE: intervention against dengue in Matinhos-PR; violence against children and adolescents: multiprofessional interventions in Primary Health Care at school; eye health and PSE; adolescent health in the Brazilian federal education network; PSE: challenges and possibilities to promote health from the perspective of healthy eating.