Health promotion in coping with COVID-19: a Virtual Culture Circle experience

Abstract

Objective: To report the experience of a Virtual Culture Circle with Brazilian families about coping with COVID-19, as a space that promotes health during the pandemic. Method: Experience resulting from an extension action, the Virtual Culture Circle was held based on Paulo Freire's Research Itinerary. It counted with the participation of seven families from different locations in Brazil. During the dialogues, a house was built: the foundation represented the thematic research; walls and roof, coding and decoding; doors and windows, the critical unveiling. Results: The action-reflection-action process favored the approach and integration of the participants of the Culture Circle; despite the geographical distance, it is an innovative strategy for empowerment and health promotion. Final considerations: The Virtual Culture Circle constituted a soft technology for health care and can be explored as a tool for promoting health, especially in scenarios where face-to-face meetings are an impossibility.

Effectiveness of the Online “Dialogue Circles” Nursing Intervention to Increase Positive Mental Health and Reduce the Burden of Caregivers of Patients with Complex Chronic Conditions. Randomized Clinical Trial

“…However, there have been previous reports of a similar technique in other study populations. For example, a study by Silva et al (2019) [66] implemented the culture circles created by Freire (1987) [67] in teachers, while Souza et al (2021) [46] used them in a nursing intervention in the families of patients with COVID-19, showing that these tools encourage the ability to reflect on participants' behavior by allowing them to be the protagonists of their own health/disease story, thus enhancing their quality of life. Although dialogue circles have not been previously used as a nursing intervention, Souza et al (2021) [46] showed that culture circles can help to reduce the overload perceived by the main carers of patients with complex chronic needs and with advanced-stage disease, by offering a space in which they can share their experiences and feelings, which in turn encourages empathy as participants feel identified with others while listening to them describe their own similar situations.…”

“…We found no previous studies applying this intervention in caregivers, although a similar online intervention, called "virtual culture circles" was used in families in Brazil to offer a space to encourage health promotion in coping with COVID-19 [46].…”

Práticas educacionais para mulheres idosas norteadas pelos construtos de Paulo Freire: revisão de escopo

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Brief Assessment of Adaptive and Maladaptive Coping Strategies During Pandemic

“…In the current and post-pandemic context, it is critical to assure that individuals keep their adaptive coping strategies functional and minimise maladaptive coping strategies once stressors and uncertainties occur more frequently, demanding coping strategies to face daily life (Buheji et al, 2020a , b ; Zack-Williams, 2020 ). Different studies showed that, even in stressful contexts, when adaptive coping is predominant, it is possible to obtain good health promotion and mental health fostering conditions for individuals (O'Connor et al, 2018 ; Ornek et al, 2020 ; Souza et al, 2021 ). All those indicators are essential to overcome the current COVID-19 pandemic problems once individuals with appropriate adaptive coping strategies improve their health-promoting self-care and supportive social behaviours (Wong et al, 2020 ; Kar et al, 2020 ; Buheji et al, 2020a , b ).…”

“…Different studies showed that, even in stressful contexts, when adaptive coping is predominant, it is possible to obtain good health promotion and mental health fostering conditions for individuals (O'Connor et al, 2018;Ornek et al, 2020;Souza et al, 2021). All those indicators are essential to overcome the current COVID-19 pandemic problems once individuals with appropriate adaptive coping strategies improve their health-promoting self-care and supportive social behaviours (Wong et al, 2020;Kar et al, 2020;Buheji et al, 2020a, b).…”