Elderly people in rural areas present good quality of life/health in the cognitive aspect, access to services, goods, habits, but awareness must be constant due to their weakness.

The aim of this study was to analyse the teaching of competencies for health promotion in Nursing Education and to identify experimentations and experiences in this process. It was a qualitative whose data were collected in focus groups with teachers and students from 11 undergraduate nursing courses in Brazil. The results showed that health promotion competencies are temporally taught in the contact and interaction with reality through experimentations and experiences. Experimentation is an event determined by a specific place and time in the course, while experiences are related to a meaningful discovery and an opening to the unknown. The challenge to the teaching of competencies for health promotion is that it should overcome the logic of experimentation, which is structured on technical rationality, and favour a perspective that allows and values experiences in Nursing education.

Objective: to analyze the dimensions assigned to long term care facilities for the elderly (LTCFs) by managers and health professionals. Method: a descriptive-exploratory study with a qualitative approach was conducted in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte, through ten focus groups with 51 managers and health professionals. Analysis was based on the content of the interviews. Results: considering the most common themes, three empirical categories emerged that explained the consensuses and contradictions present in the empirical material: a) the LTCF and the perpetuation of the asylum space; b) the LTCF as a space for health treatment c) a home: convergences and contradictions in the LTCF. Initially, findings relating to the political definition of the LTCF directly linked to social organs are evidenced. In the second category, LTCFs are described negatively, perpetuating the stigma of the term "asylum" which still reverberates in their daily lives. As a treatment space, LTCFs are considered health facilities due to the services offered and the presence of health professionals on a daily basis. In the third analysis, they are recognized as a home, based on current legislation that describes the LTCF as a collective, residential area. Conclusion: it is important to discuss the different attributes given to the LTCF to create resolutive actions in the care of the institutionalized elderly. The importance of thinking about the rights to health of the elderly and the need to understand how they inhabit this space is also emphasized.

Objectives: to validate an instrument with criteria to evaluate the quality of calcium alginate wound dressings to treat skin injuries. Methods: methodological study, developed in two stages: the elaboration of criteria to evaluate the quality of the alginate wound dressing based on literature; validation of these criteria by a group of evaluators in two moments. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, central tendency measures and the Content Validity Index. Results: seven articles were selected, leading to the elaboration of 7 criteria and 11 expected results. The Content Validity Index was 0.98 in stage 1 and 0.93 in stage 2. After adjustments, 8 criteria were validated, and 13 results were expected. Final Considerations: the study allowed the validation of criteria to evaluate the quality of calcium alginate wound dressings, helping the nurses to choose with more autonomy and assertiveness.

RESUMOINTRODUÇÃO: O aumento da longevidade acarreta novas demandas para os setores de saúde e desenvolvimento social, as quais apontam, por sua vez, para a necessidade de mudanças nas estruturas dos serviços, nos programas de saúde e na formação dos profissionais. OBJETIVO: Analisar a relação entre promoção da saúde na rede de cuidados e a perspectiva intersetorial na atenção ao idoso. MÉTODOS: Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritivo-exploratória, realizada na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte (RMBH), Minas Gerais. Dos 34 municípios, participaram da pesquisa os 10 que atenderam ao critério de inclusão no estudo, de ter 2 ou mais instituições de longa permanência para idosos (ILPI) em seu território. RESULTADOS: A análise das entrevistas permitiu a construção de duas categorias: "políticas e rede de atenção ao idoso" e "articulação da promoção da saúde e intersetorialidade na atenção ao idoso". As análises apontaram para as diferenças entre os municípios quanto à implantação das políticas nacionais e à existência de documento norteador, às dificuldades para inserção do idoso na rede de atenção, à redução do conceito de promoção da saúde e às dificuldades e facilidades para a intersetorialidade. CONCLUSÕES: Este estudo verificou que, apesar da legislação pertinente ao idoso ter avançado significativamente nos últimos anos, isso não se concretizou na maioria dos municípios pesquisados. Constatou-se também que não existe uma rede de saúde específica para a atenção ao idoso, sendo este atendido na Atenção Primária à Saúde. No que tange à promoção da saúde, as ações destinadas ao idoso são pontuais e isoladas, advindas de uma redução conceitual desse termo. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: envelhecimento; intersetorialidade; promoção da saúde. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION:Increase in longevity has caused new demands for health and social development, which in turn points to the need for changes in service structures, health programs, and professional education. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the relation between health promotion in care networks and the intersectorial perspective on senior care. METHODS: This descriptiveexploratory research project was carried out in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte (RMBH), Minas Gerais, Brazil. Among the 34 cities considered, 10 met the inclusion criteria and took part in the study, i.e. cities with two or more long-stay institutions for seniors (ILPI) in their region. RESULTS: An analysis of interviews enabled the establishment of two categories: "policies and healthcare network for seniors" and "the articulation of health promotion and intersectoriality in senior care." The analyses pointed out differences between the cities with regard to the implementation of national policies and the existence of a guiding document, the difficulty of including seniors in the healthcare network, the decrease in health promotion, and the difficulties and propensities for intersectoriality. CONCLUSIONS: Even though regulation laws for seniors have significantly advanced during the last few years, they were not properly i...