Health education for seniors: an analysis under Paulo Freire’s perspective

Authors

  • Italla Maria Pinhero Bezerra Laboratory of Design and Scientific Writing. Basic Sciences Department, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC
  • Sabrina Alaide Amorim Alves Student from College of the North Juazeiro - FJN. 1224 São Francisco Street - São Miguel, North Juazeiro, Ceará, Brazil
  • Maria de Fátima Antero Sousa Machado Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA; Leader of the Group research in public health
  • Jennifer Yohanna Ferreira de Lima Antão Bachelor Degree on College of the North Juazeiro - FJN.
  • Ana Aline Andrade Martins Bachelor Degree on College of the North Juazeiro - FJN
  • Teresa Maria Siqueira Nascimento Arrais Teacher at College of the North Juazeiro - FJN
  • Fabiola Zioni Department of Maternal and Child Health- Faculdade de Saúde Pública- São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Shayane Bezerra Santos Bachelor Degree on Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA
  • Aretha Feitosa Araujo Escola de Saúde Pública’s technological extension sponsored researcher
  • Hermes Melo Teixeira Batista Laboratory of Design and Scientific Writing. Basic Sciences Department, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC
  • Vitor Engracia Valenti Departamento de Fonoaudiologia da FFC-UNESP/Marília
  • Luiz Carlos Abreu Laboratory of Design and Scientific Writing. Basic Sciences Department, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, 821 Príncipe de Gales Avenue, 09060-650. Santo André, SP, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3823/1627

Keywords:

Health Education. Senior’s health.Health Promotion.

Abstract

Background

Population aging is one of the hardest challenges for the current public health, however, for a proper attention to the elders, the development of reachable social and health policies which are consistent with the real needs of this population stratum it is essential. Thus, the aim of this research is to analyze the perceptions of nurses about health education for the elderly, according to the conceptions of Paulo Freire.

Method

It is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, conducted in the city of Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil taking as a background the Unidades de Saúde da Família – USF (Family Health Units). Eighteen nurses participated in this survey. The semi-structured interview was used for gathering data, and to organize those data to the analyses of contents. The analysis of the obtained data started since the conceptions of Paulo Freire and from some relevant articles related to the topic.

Results

Considering the health concept as a tool to develop people, it was observed in this sense, that some professionals associate health education focused on knowledge exchange, behavior changes, and decision making in health, matching the Freireana ideology of questionable methodology. However, they also identified someprofessionals with a misperception in relation to the health education, since they associate the approach only focused on the concept of health, grounded in the absence of a disease, thus characterizing, a learning bank methodology, since they resort to vertical transmission of knowledge. It was evinced yet that the educational actions performed by those professionals envisioning healthy aging are directed from the identification of prevalent diseases within the community, and that the strict population that receives such assistance it is restricted only to the individuals who seek theUnits (USF), or those who are affected by diseases.

 

Conclusion

It is thought that health education is the instrument that enables the change of behavior and decision making in health care for the users, but it should be planned on an ongoing manner, considering the reality of population, using methodologies that promote dialogue, essential element to establish the necessary link for conducting practical aspectson the perspective of health promotion.

 

Author Biographies

Italla Maria Pinhero Bezerra, Laboratory of Design and Scientific Writing. Basic Sciences Department, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC

Laboratory of Design and Scientific Writing. Basic Sciences Department, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, 821 Príncipe de Gales Avenue, 09060-650. Santo André, SP, Brazil

Sabrina Alaide Amorim Alves, Student from College of the North Juazeiro - FJN. 1224 São Francisco Street - São Miguel, North Juazeiro, Ceará, Brazil

Student  from College of the North Juazeiro - FJN. 1224 São Francisco Street - São Miguel, North Juazeiro, Ceará, Brazil

Maria de Fátima Antero Sousa Machado, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA; Leader of the Group research in public health

Doctor on Nursing; Teacher at Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA; Leader of the Group research in public health- GRUPESC/URCA

Jennifer Yohanna Ferreira de Lima Antão, Bachelor Degree on College of the North Juazeiro - FJN.

Nurse. Bachelor Degree on College of the North Juazeiro - FJN.

Ana Aline Andrade Martins, Bachelor Degree on College of the North Juazeiro - FJN

Nurse. Bachelor Degree on College of the North Juazeiro - FJN

Teresa Maria Siqueira Nascimento Arrais, Teacher at College of the North Juazeiro - FJN

Teacher at College of the North Juazeiro - FJN

Shayane Bezerra Santos, Bachelor Degree on Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA

Nurse. Bachelor Degree on Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA

Aretha Feitosa Araujo, Escola de Saúde Pública’s technological extension sponsored researcher

Escola de Saúde Pública’s technological extension sponsored researcher

Hermes Melo Teixeira Batista, Laboratory of Design and Scientific Writing. Basic Sciences Department, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC

Laboratory of Design and Scientific Writing. Basic Sciences Department, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC

Vitor Engracia Valenti, Departamento de Fonoaudiologia da FFC-UNESP/Marília

Departamento de Fonoaudiologia da FFC-UNESP/Marília

Luiz Carlos Abreu, Laboratory of Design and Scientific Writing. Basic Sciences Department, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, 821 Príncipe de Gales Avenue, 09060-650. Santo André, SP, Brazil

Laboratory of Design and Scientific Writing. Basic Sciences Department, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, 821 Príncipe de Gales Avenue, 09060-650. Santo André, SP, Brazil

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Published

2015-03-05

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Vol. 8 (2015)

Section

Primary Care

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