Abstract
This study aimed to analyze the contributions of Popular Education in Health for the elderly empowerment in the community context. It is characterized as a qualitative research, type action research, which were studied issues related to prevention and promotion of health of the elderly in the community setting, through the Popular Education in Health, among the Project activities extension “Popular Education and Health Care for the Family (PEPASF)”, the Federal University of Paraíba, in Jo?o Pessoa, PB, Brazil. The participants were 40 elderly (but here we used the answers of three of them), 90 students (but here we used the answers of three of them) of design and 3 professionals (here we used the answers of one physician and two community health workers), from local health services. The analysis showed the implication of experienced by the People’s Education care so to promote the health of the elderly in the empowerment perspective, promoting new attitudes in the face of situations of life. It was noticed that care so developed by PEPASF contributed to the promotion of the health of the elderly followed, encompassing the dimensions, social, physical and subjective, inherent in the human being. By valuing aspects of the subjectivity of the elderly, the project has expanded the prospects for comprehensive health promotion, demonstrating significant benefits to improve the quality of life of these people, opening new horizons for the search for autonomy and empowerment, as well as the transformation unjust and exclusionary social realities.
Highlights
It was noticed that care so developed by PEPASF contributed to the promotion of the health of the elderly followed, encompassing the dimensions, social, physical and subjective, inherent in the human being
By valuing aspects of the subjectivity of the elderly, the project has expanded the prospects for comprehensive health promotion, demonstrating significant benefits to improve the quality of life of these people, opening new horizons for the search for autonomy and empowerment, as well as the transformation unjust and exclusionary social realities
This article will highlight it one of the dimensions found on the implications of care so experienced through Popular Education for the promotion of health of the elderly: the autonomy and empowerment of the elderly new positions in the face of life situations
Summary
The aging of the world population has increased since the beginning of this cen-. Estimates show that 370 million seniors currently live in developing countries; and projections for the 20 years point to a population of over one billion elderly, 70% of which reside in poor countries (Litvoc & de Brito, 2004). According to the population census conducted in 2010 by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the Northeast is the third most aged region of Brazil, with 10.3% of the population comprised of seniors to have more than 5 million people aged 60 (Brasil, 2010). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2020 three-quarters of all deaths observed in developing countries are related to aging, such as cancer, circulatory diseases and diabetes. There is need to know and develop alternatives to prevent and delay the onset of chronic diseases and their complications (Litvoc & de Brito, 2004)
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