Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río (Oct 2018)
Community Project: “El Patio de Ana la Cub-ANA”, its contributions to the citizen education in the neighborhood
Abstract
Introduction: at present it is indispensable to modify behaviors and structure the values in the new generations of Cubans through didactic instruments involve in the teaching-learning process, making it enjoyable, especially in the population of a community project, where there is a greater need of training. Objective: to design a leaflet that contains poems with implicit messages for the development of values in children belonging to the community project "El Patio de Ana la Cub-ANA". Method: a technological development study was carried out at Pinar del Río University of Medical Sciences, during December 2017 to March 2018 in the population participating in the community project “El Patio de Ana la Cub-ANA”, including an extension activity working with medical students. The target group was comprised of 1238 people from the project, and the sample included 326, chosen by a non-probabilistic, unintentional way. Development: the leaflet contains project reviews, as well as criteria expressed by its members and a set of poems as a central theme in order to transmit teachings and knowledge for future generations. The users expressed that it represented a didactic model that meets the educational needs of a group of people who are vulnerable to social influences in their community. Conclusions: a learning resource was created to facilitate the performance in the modification of behaviors in the community, which is very useful, and where the users expressed excellent evaluations regarding the project.
