Abstract
ABSTRACT Case study based on the theoretical and methodological framework of dialectics, aimed at analyzing competency building for health promotion, from the perspective of graduates from a nursing course and its relation to change in the care model. Interviews focused on competencies were held with ten graduates. Data were analyzed using critical discourse perspective. The results show that the competencies for health promotion, defined by two internacional consensus, were discussed in the course of the nursing education process. The discourses demonstrate that competency building for health promotion in nursing education can foster change in the care model, despite the challenges in this process. Curricular strategies like contact with reality through the immersion of students in the practical scenario since the beginning of the course and community service and research activities can contribute to competency building for health promotion in nursing education and foster the change in the care model.
Highlights
The specific competencies to work in health promotion are highlighted, which refer to a combination of knowledge, skills and essential values needed for the effective practice of individual or collective health promotion actions.[6]
The results were organized to demonstrate the findings in the dimensions: Competencies for health promotion and Change in the care model
The findings remit to a construction process of the new care model, which is intended to replace the biological, medical-centered model, focused on disease and individual care, which is still in force nowadays.[22,23]
Summary
The health promotion movement is intended to overcome the voids in the biomedical model, articulating the entire society to improve the quality of life of individuals and the group. For the health professionals to effectively act in the contemporary context, it is fundamental to define the necessary competencies, considering the complexity of the health policy and its implementation. Among these competencies, the specific competencies to work in health promotion are highlighted, which refer to a combination of knowledge, skills and essential values needed for the effective practice of individual or collective health promotion actions.[6]
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