The University Extension as a strategy for Health Education with group of elderly
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https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2018v21i4p317-333Keywords:
Health Promotion, Quality of life, Aging, Old Age.Abstract
This is an experience report based on the experiences of undergraduate nursing students from a public university in the interior of the state of Ceará, Brazil, with a group of elderly from a Family Health Center. The actions were developed through group approaches, using active methodologies. Topics relevant to the area of aging were addressed, such as hypertension, healthy eating and prevention of falls, when new knowledge was acquired, doubts were clarified, in rich moments in leading an intergenerational group, meaningful for academic formation, an action of great value in Primary Care to deepen the study of the themes addressed. Thus, it is concluded that holding groups of elderly with didactic approaches is an excellent way to empower them on topics of their daily life and health promotion, leaving the purely clinical focus of health, and making use of other means. care, when seeing the individual in their biopsychosocial and spiritual aspect.Downloads
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2018-12-30
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Damasceno, A. J. S., Aragão, C. P., Mesquita, F. M. S., Vasconcelos, V. P., Sousa, L. S. de, Sousa, L. V. de, & Moreira, A. C. A. (2018). The University Extension as a strategy for Health Education with group of elderly. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 21(4), 317–333. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2018v21i4p317-333
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