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Culture Circles Powerful Resource of Dialogue on Health Promotion of Rural Elderly

Abstract

Objectives: Describing culture circles as a powerful device for dialogue on the promotion of rural elderly health by Family Health Strategy workers.

Method: A qualitative study of the participant action type articulated with the methodological framework of Paulo Freire and the concepts of value, counter value, death economy and Cartesian compass of Jaime Breilh.

Results: The following themes were generated: "Being old is being experienced"; "Wearing glasses"; "Use of technology"; "Problem solving of the elderly"; "Adoption of healthy habits"; "Need for socialization/interaction"; " Use of medicines."

Conclusion: The Culture Circles provided space for reflection and collective construction but were also the scene of many contradictions and possibilities among the participants. Through its operational mode, this methodology promoted reflection among participants about how broad health promotion is and requires involvement and intervention in other sectors.

Andressa Hoffmann Pinto1, Celmira Lange1, Marcos Aurélio Matos Lemões1*, Ivonete Teresinha Schülter Buss Heidemann2, Fernanda dos Santos3, Maria Virginia Aquino Santiago1, Rita Maria Heck1, Carla Weber Peters1, Gabriele Bester Hermes1, Lílian Munhoz Figueiredo1, Patrícia Mirapalheta Pereira de Llano4, Marcio Rossato Badke5, Alcionir Pazatto Almeida6, Graciela Noemi Umpiérrez Chavez7, Márcia Wanderley de Moraes3, Maria Denise Schimith5, Alvaro Diaz Ocampo7, Elisa Vanessa Heisler5, Marina Carvalho Acosta Cleto8, Natália Augusto Benedetti8, Zaira Letícia Tisott5, Donátila Cristina Lima Lopes9, Letícia Flores Trindade10, Juliano Perottoni11, Simone Buchignani Maigret12, Silvana Ceolin13, Bruna Langelli Lopes12, Isabel Cristina Amaral de Sousa Rosso Nelson9, Taliny Mirapalheta Pereira14, Luis Felipe Dias Lopes5, Francisco Rafael Ribeiro Soares9, Gianfábio Pimentel Franco5, Sandra Dal Pai14, Lucidio Clebeson de Oliveira9, Raiane Caroline da Silva França9, Michelle Cristine de Oliveira Minharro12, Neide Aparecida Titonelli Alvim15, Gabriel Lautenschleger5, Vera Lucia Freitag10, Marléa Crescêncio Chagas15, Jana Rossato Gonçalves5, Eliana Buss16, Isabel Cristine Oliveira5, Silvana Bastos Cogo5, Andriele dos Santos Cavalheiro5, Xênia Martins Monfrim17, Maria De Fátima Correa Paula3.

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