Healthy aging promotion in Baixo Alentejo, Portugal
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[1] Instituto Politécnico de Beja
Instituto Politécnico de Beja
Beja (Santa Maria da Feira), Portugal
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- Localización: Proceedings of the International Congress on Interdisciplinarity in Social and Human Sciences.5th - 6th May 2016 / coord. por Saul Neves de Jesus, Patrícia Pinto, 2016, ISBN 978-989-8472-82-3, págs. 135-143
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The objective of this study was describe the perspective of health promotion agents about healthy lifestylespromotion in order to a healthy aging, in Baixo Alentejo - Portugal. Using a qualitative design the sample of subjectswas deliberated, with fourteen health promotion agents from primary health care services and municipalities selectedto participate in an individual interview. Data analysis included a content and thematic analysis that revealed sixthemes: 1) Development of community interventions to promote healthy lifestyles 2) Effectiveness of interventionsin the adoption of healthy lifestyles 3) Factors that influence the development of interventions to promote healthylifestyles 4) Community participation 5) Environment facilitator of healthy choices 6) Nurse’s role in the healthylifestyles promotion. We conclude that the interventions are directed mainly to children and the elderly and areusually developed by the health sector in partnership with municipalities. Community participation is one of the mostmentioned strategies to increase the effectiveness of health promotion interventions however there are difficulties incommunity empowerment and a lack of culture of participation in people and communities. Nurses have three keyroles in health promotion interventions to promote healthy lifestyles: caring role; leadership role and enabling role.
