Tecendo saberes sobre plantas medicinais : um diálogo com a educação popular em saúde

• Autor(a) principal: Silveira Filho, Alex José
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFS
• Texto Completo: http://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/10716
• topic: Farmácia; Ensino de farmácia; Educação popular; Tecendo saberes; Educação popular em saúde; Plantas medicinais; Popular education; Popular health education; Medicinal plants; CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::FARMACIA

Popular education emerged in the 1960s as a new form of adult literacy. The question was formulated in practical relations and brought with it ideas of self-knowledge as possible to overcome vertical relations, aiming at transforming the subject into a political agent and active participant in the transformation of the world. Popular education also has as one of its marks accompanying the class movements and groups of society who understand that their place in history is not appropriate for the levels of dignity to which they would have the right. In the field of health, a popular health education can be described as a process of formation and empowerment that occurs within a class political perspective, which is part of or links to the organized action of the people to build a new society according to their Interests, to intensify popular participation by radicalizing a democratic perspective on public health policies. University extension is a form of interaction that must exist between a university and a community in which it is inserted, a kind of permanent bridge in a university and the various sectors of society. The purpose of the Tecendo Saberes project was to disseminate the population's knowledge about medicinal plants and, through the exchange of sabers, contribute to the long-term implementation of phytotherapy in the single health system. As initial actions of the project were focused on training on medicinal plants, cultivation, live pharmacy, on an extension and its role in the community. The methodology used followed a workshop logic, conversation wheels and a semi-structured questionnaire application. Thus, it was possible to make a delineation between the profile of the use of medicinal plants and a perception of the users of the Basic Health Units on the plants. Tecendo Saberes also expanded popular knowledge about medicinal plants among users, health professionals such as Community Health Agents and students.