Educational actions in the Family Health Strategy: weaving the experience with an elderly group

• Autor(a) principal: Melo de Sousa, Francisco Willian
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Moreno Amaral, Hiara Rose, Vasconcelos Sobrinho, Natasha, Carlos Rosa, Benedita Shirley, da Silva Lima, Carlos Eduardo, Carvalho Araújo Moreira, Andréa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.unilasalle.edu.br/index.php/saude_desenvolvimento/article/view/7170
• topic: Primary Health Care; Health of the Elderly; Health Education; Health Promotion; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Saúde do Idoso; Educação em Saúde; Promoção da Saúde

Objective: Report on health education activities carried out with a group of elderly people within the scope of the Family Health Strategy.Material and Methods: Experience report related to extension actions developed by nursing students at the State University Vale do Acaraú, in a Basic Health Unit, located in Sobral, Ceará, from October to November 2019. For the collection of information, the methods: participant observation and records of educational actions in a logbook. Subsequently, the analysis of the information was carried out through the systematization and grouping of ideas in a critical-reflexive way with the literature.Results: In all, eight meetings were held with the elderly, in which educational interventions were developed, through workshops, involving the following themes: cognitive assessment, relaxation, music therapy, physical activity, healthy eating, systemic arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, rational use of medicines and rights of the elderly.Conclusion: It was evidenced that the participants felt more confident for self-care and recognized the importance of healthy attitudes for the maintenance of quality of life. The experience provided students with an approximation of reality in the perspective of approaching and leading a group of elderly people, as well as corroborating the production of knowledge beyond the classroom environment.