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Hacia la Promoción de la Salud

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Abstract

MANTILLA URIBE, Blanca Patricia; OVIEDO CACERES, María del Pilar; HERNANDEZ QUIRAMA, Andrea  and  FLOREZ GARCIA, Nieves Zoraida. HEALTH EDUCATION: AN EXPERIENCE WITH INDIGENOUS POPULATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CHOCÓ. Hacia promoc. Salud [online]. 2013, vol.18, n.2, pp.96-109. ISSN 0121-7577.

Objective: To develop community-based actions with the indigenous population from the department of Chocó between December 2010 and April 2013, using health education focused on a differential approach thus contributing to the improvement of their health and nutrition. Methodology: A health education process was carried out within the Participation-Action-Research framework, which sought to provide elements for the modification of some health and nutrition conditions of children from the Department of Chocó. The phases developed were: Diagnosis-exploration, performing actions and action programming. The complete process involved 185 people representing the ethnic-territorial authorities, indigenous leaders in health, men, women, indigenous children. Results: Product of the process carried out during three years, through a participatory and consensual work, some issues on health and nutrition through the promotion of key actions to work in a communally and familiar way with indigenous communities were addressed, using methodologies adapted to their realities and educational materials with differential and inclusive approaches. Conclusions: According to the results it is possible to identify Participatory Action-Research as a methodological strategy that enables transformations of the realities of indigenous communities in relation with their health and nutrition status.

Keywords : Community health education; indigenous communities; health of indigenous communities; participation in health.

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