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1189/2011 - Social participation and health promotion: case study in regional of Paranapiacaba e Parque Andreense
Participação social e promoção da saúde: estudo de caso na região de Paranapiacaba e Parque Andreense

Author:

• Elaine Cristina da Silva - Silva, EC - São Paulo, São Paulo - Faculdade de Saúde Pública - USP - <e_crissilva@yahoo.com.br>

Co-author(s):

• Maria Cecília Focesi Pelicioni - PELICIONI MCF. - Faculdade de Saúde Pública - <ceciliafocesipelicioni@yahoo.com.br>

Thematic Area:

Saúde e Ambiente

Abstract:

In the framework of health promotion and its assumptions, participation is considered as a key condition for communities to assume control over their health. This study sought to identify and analyze the perceptions of residents of the watershed areas of Santo André/São Paulo as regards the actions of health education and environmental education developed by the public authority of this city and how does local community participate in these processes. For data interpretation we used the methodology of content analysis proposed by Bardin. The main results showed that the health measures developed in the studied region are still predominantly seen from the point of view of prevention and not as an educational process able to support and achieve some of the goals of health promotion, such as the development of personal skills and strengthening to community action. Data were collected using structured and semi-structured interviews to civil servants and local neighborhood residents. Data analysis showed the importance of intersectoriality and achievement of emancipatory educational measures as a key factor for participatory procedures and for the empowerment of population.

Keywords:

health promotion social participation education

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Silva, EC, PELICIONI MCF.. Social participation and health promotion: case study in regional of Paranapiacaba e Parque Andreense. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2011/Aug). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/social-participation-and-health-promotion-case-study-in-regional-of-paranapiacaba-e-parque-andreense/8285?id=8285



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