HEALTH PROMOTION IN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES OF FAMILY HEALTH

Abstract

A qualitative study aiming to identify and analyze how the key actions for Health Promotion - established by the Ottawa Charter - were developed in the educational practices of the Family Health teams in a health center in the city of Florianopolis, Santa Catarina. Paulo Freire’s route search was used for data collection and analysis 16 circles of culture, both with professionals and users. The results showed that the incorporation of the principles of Ottawa Charter remains far from the actual practice of professionals, especially due to the biomedical model, which is prevalent in the health sector. We emphasize the importance of an interdisciplinary and dialogical team work, in order to encourage the participation of the user so that, together with professionals, they could build a more emancipated and autonomous health practice on the determinants of health and illness process.

Keywords

• Health promotion
• Health education
• Family health