Rev Rene (Jan 2017)

Tecnologias assistivas para cegos: competências essenciais para promoção da saúde conforme Consenso de Galway

  • Luciana Vieira de Carvalho,
  • Gleicia Martins de Melo,
  • Priscila de Souza Aquino,
  • Régia Christina Moura Barbosa Castro,
  • Maria Vera Lúcia Moreira Leitão Cardoso,
  • Lorita Marlena Freitag Pagliuca

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2017000300018
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 3
pp. 412 – 419

Abstract

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Objective: to identify the key competence domains defined in the Galway Consensus Conference Statement present in assistive technologies to promote the health of blind adults. Methods: integrative review carried out in the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, SCOPUS , Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and Medical Publications portal. After application of inclusion criteria, the sample consisted of 10 articles. Eight competencies for health promotion were analyzed: Catalyzing change, Leadership, Assessment of needs, Planning, Implementation, Advocacy, and Partnerships. Results: the competences Catalyzing change and Partnerships prevailed, present in all articles. No study approached the Leadership and Advocacy. Conclusion: the competences Catalyzing change, Assessment of needs, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation and Partnerships were observed in technologies for promoting the health of blind adults.