0044/2025 - Varal da Saúde Mental e Rodas de Diálogo: técnicas e métodos ativos na investigação qualitativa em saúde e educação Mental Health Clothesline and Dialogue Circles: active techniques in qualitative research in health and education
Este artigo objetiva apresentar e descrever as técnicas do varal da saúde mental e da roda de diálogos, como estratégias participativas, dialógicas e significativas da investigação qualitativa em saúde e educação. Considerando a importância de inclusão da diversidade e pluralidade de vozes e experiências, os métodos e técnicas ativas representam uma abordagem ampla e contextualizada para este fim. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, que utilizou as duas técnicas ativas e participativas para indagar sobre a saúde mental de educadores de uma comunidade escolar. O “Varal da Saúde Mental” objetiva a compreensão de experiências negativas e positivas relacionadas à saúde mental das pessoas. As “Rodas de Diálogo” são utilizadas como técnicas formativas, promovendo a expressão de sentimentos, pensamentos e comportamentos relacionados à saúde e educação. Os principais núcleos de sentido relacionados às experiências negativas dos educadores foram as vivências de enfermidades e conflitos no trabalho e pessoais. Os positivos foram os relacionamentos pessoais e profissionais e a esperança. A vivência dialógica, levou os participantes a trabalharem os significados a partir de um enfoque mais profundo de saúde mental, produzindo conhecimento sensível com acolhimento.
This article aims to present and describe the techniques of the mental health clothesline and the dialogue circle, as participatory, dialogical and meaningful strategies of qualitative research in health and education. Considering the importance of allowing the inclusion of diversity and plurality of voices and experiences, active methods represent a broad and contextualized approach for this purpose. This is a qualitative study, using two active and participatory research techniques on the mental health of educators in a school community. The “Mental Health Clothesline” aims to understand negative and positive experiences related to people's mental health. The “Dialogue Circles” are used as formative techniques, promoting the expression of feelings, thoughts and behaviors related to health and education. The main cores of meaning related to the negative experiences of educators were the experiences of illness and conflicts at work and personal life. The positive ones were personal and professional relationships and hope. The dialogic experience led participants to work on meaningsa deeper focus on mental health, producing sensitive knowledge with acceptance.
Mental Health Clothesline and Dialogue Circles: active techniques in qualitative research in health and education
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This article aims to present and describe the techniques of the mental health clothesline and the dialogue circle, as participatory, dialogical and meaningful strategies of qualitative research in health and education. Considering the importance of allowing the inclusion of diversity and plurality of voices and experiences, active methods represent a broad and contextualized approach for this purpose. This is a qualitative study, using two active and participatory research techniques on the mental health of educators in a school community. The “Mental Health Clothesline” aims to understand negative and positive experiences related to people's mental health. The “Dialogue Circles” are used as formative techniques, promoting the expression of feelings, thoughts and behaviors related to health and education. The main cores of meaning related to the negative experiences of educators were the experiences of illness and conflicts at work and personal life. The positive ones were personal and professional relationships and hope. The dialogic experience led participants to work on meaningsa deeper focus on mental health, producing sensitive knowledge with acceptance.
Cotta, RMM, Silva, S.A, Figueiredo, A.M, Ferreira, E.S, Fernandes, H.I.V.M, Martín, R.L, Assis, A.D. Varal da Saúde Mental e Rodas de Diálogo: técnicas e métodos ativos na investigação qualitativa em saúde e educação. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/fev). [Citado em 09/06/2025].
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