¿Qué hacemos en el barrio? Descripción de las actividades comunitarias de promoción de la salud en atención primaria: Proyecto frAC

Abstract

Wide variability was found in the types of activities and their application among the community activities developed by primary care, as well as in institutional recognition and community involvement in the development and evaluation of these activities.

Factors related to the development of health-promoting community activities in Spanish primary healthcare: two case–control studies

“…We used a conceptual definition of health-promoting CA reached in a previous study. 30 31 This was converted into an algorithm for use in this study 29 : this activity had to be a non-isolated activity carried out in the previous year, in which the professional participated on behalf of the health centre. Furthermore, it had to have involvement and active participation of the community, or the population had to have the capacity to influence the intervention, or it was a cross-sector activity involving collaboration with entities outside of healthcare (eg, education, social services).…”

Enfrentamento das doenças crônicas não transmissíveis na atenção primária à saúde em Goiás: estudo descritivo, 2012 e 2014

“…1 Values lower than those found for Goiás in relation to healthy eating, physical activity and actions aimed at women were found by a primary health care study in Spain. 15 However, the authors of the Spanish study only assessed community activities, whereas PMAQ-AB does not specify whether the actions assessed are community or individual.…”

Sistema de informação da atenção básica: potencialidades para a promoção da saúde

“…Health teams, in their daily practice, should adopt health-promoting actions at the local and municipal levels, as the social and health reality involves multiple factors and are important processes to work with the individual, family and community. (12) These factors are related to many global health problems, including the economic crisis, climate change and a wide range of health threats. There are new challenges and opportunities to redesign, reposition and renew efforts to strengthen health promotion and its role in reorientation of health services.…”

“…They can be understood as powerful collective care environments, which favor group discussions and a change in practice: from the perspective of only informing and reproducing to the perspective of producing integrated care. (12) The conception that the health professional has of promoting health, influences his/her practice and is impacted through his/her actions to meet the broader concept of health promotion as quality of life, directing the work of nurses in order to develop an enhanced vision of the socioeconomic and cultural context of the population, but also to know, understand and consider the social determinants of health as indicators that expand or reduce the vulnerabilities of population groups. (20) One study (21) revealed health promotion contemplated in groups of individuals with arterial hypertension overcoming the healing vision focused on medicalization and they perceived advances in the understanding of these users, about their health-disease process, who opted for new possibilities of being healthy, such as leisure options, healthy eating and physical activity opportunities that contributed to their quality of life.…”