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Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública
versión impresa ISSN 0120-386X
Resumen
ZEA-BUSTAMANTE, Luis Emilio. Hector Abad Gomez as the people's educator. An approach to his life, work and discourses. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [online]. 2017, vol.35, n.2, pp.179-185. ISSN 0120-386X. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rfnsp.v35n2a02.
Objective:
To propose Hector Abad Gomez as the people's healthcare educator by approaching his life and his work.
Methodology:
This historical pedagogical research conducted a critical reading of 173 written by Abad Gómez or about his life, selecting 70 of them.
Discussion:
Hector Abad Gomez recreated in his works Paulo Freire's tenets regarding what it is to be a people's educator, integrating in his life principles and values like ethical-political coherence, the transformation of reality and direct Community work. These three items make up one of his greatest proposals: Rural Healthcare promoters.
Conclusions:
Hector Abad’s work with promoters, his actions as a human rights advocate and his life as an educator rank him as one of the first people's Educators in Colombia, where Healthcare & Life appear as scenarios for the vindication of human dignity.
Palabras clave : People's education; educators; promoters; healthcare..