Hospital Class: integrative review of qualitative research

Abstract

Hospitalization is a difficult moment on anyone's life, especially for to children and adolescents this process can lead to physical, emotional and cognitive impaired development. The junction between education and health fields contributes significantly to the integral care of children and adolescents, guaranteeing the right to schooling in the hospital environment, through the so-called hospital classes. The objective of this article was to characterize and analyze the scientific production about the Hospital Class. The chosen method was an integrative review based on the five steps of Whittemore and Knafl (2005): formulation and identification of the problem, data collection, data evaluation, analysis and interpretation of the collected data and data presentation. The databases consulted were: BDTD, Scielo, ERIC, PubMed and Web of Science and the portals Capes and VHL. Twenty-six (26) academic papers were selected and characterized according to type, year, place of publication, method, identification of participants, objective of the study, synthesis of findings, topics and referenced authors. Three main themes were highlighted from the discussions of the analyzed works: the need to implement hospital classes; the primordial approximation between the fields of health and education and the importance of training educators to work in the hospital. It is concluded that there is a need to publicize the right to education in a hospital context as well as the participation of the family in the hospitalization process, to guarantee the reinsertion of the student in the regular classroom and the construction of flexible plans and curricula.