O Programa Academia da Saúde como estratégia de promoção da saúde e modos de vida saudáveis: cenário nacional de implementação

Programa Academias da Saúde e a promoção da atividade física na cidade: a experiência de Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil

“…The institutionalization of physical activity as part of the foremost agenda of the National Health Promotion Policy and created monitoring networks of these actions through partnerships with universities in Brazil and abroad 4,6 . This path enabled implementing a national community program to encourage the population to practice physical activity: the Health Academy Program [Programa Academia da Saúde] (PAS) 15 . Created in 2011, the PAS is a unique public equipment in Primary Care, acting as the gateway to healthcare services and promoting selfcare by means of guided physical activities and other topics 15 .…”

“…This path enabled implementing a national community program to encourage the population to practice physical activity: the Health Academy Program [Programa Academia da Saúde] (PAS) 15 . Created in 2011, the PAS is a unique public equipment in Primary Care, acting as the gateway to healthcare services and promoting selfcare by means of guided physical activities and other topics 15 . The incorporation of preexisting municipal programs into PAS, qualified as similar centers, allowed horizontality in the process of implementation and the continuity of successful actions in the country 15 .…”

“…Created in 2011, the PAS is a unique public equipment in Primary Care, acting as the gateway to healthcare services and promoting selfcare by means of guided physical activities and other topics 15 . The incorporation of preexisting municipal programs into PAS, qualified as similar centers, allowed horizontality in the process of implementation and the continuity of successful actions in the country 15 . This is the case of Belo Horizonte,MG, where this model of intervention has been operating for more than ten years as "Academia das Cidades program", currently integrated with PAS 16,17 .…”

“…Besides mitigating iniquities in physical activity 16 , PAS has the potential reach of the population residing surrounding its centers, with an effect related to its presence and proximity 18,19 . Nevertheless, recent monitoring pictured a challenging scenario of implementation, with several ineffective centers, unfinished or even built 15 . The understanding of the program in diverse urban contexts, measures of effectiveness and impact are recommended by the PNPS to qualify and subsidize the sustainability of the PAS 14,15 .…”

Análise comparativa da qualidade de vida de idosas praticantes de exercícios físicos em centros esportivos e nas academias da terceira idade

“…Portanto, esse profissional tem uma relevante atuação social no processo educativo para adesão de um estilo de vida saudável, e quando necessário ele pode intervir positivamente nos parâmetros que influenciam na qualidade de vida dos idosos (ESTEVES et al, 2010). Os municípios do Brasil que oferecem as ATIs reafirmam o compromisso com a população de cumprir a Política Nacional de Promoção da Saúde, priorizando ações de cuidados coletivos na atenção básica (SÁ et al, 2016).…”