The Group Structure As A Tool For Care To Men Health

Authors

  • Ricardo Costa da Silva Prefeitura Municipal de Parauapebas
  • Juliana Costa Maidana Fundação Escola de Saúde Pública/Centro Luterano de Palmas (FESP/CEULP)
  • Isabella Afonso de Souza Fundação Escola de Saúde Pública/Centro Luterano de Palmas (FESP/CEULP)
  • Keila Cardoso Aguiar Hospital Geral Público de Palmas (HGPP)
  • Sayonara Serafim de Brito Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/sdh.v5i2.3302

Keywords:

Men Health, Group Structure, Health Education

Abstract

Introduction: Care to men health have been shown as an obstacle in the health services, especially in primary care, where educational activities are also guided in general models without recognizing the particular needs of this audience. Therefore, this article aims to report an experience of educational actions through the group structure for the health care of the man in a family health unit in the interior of the State of Pará.

Description: The period of use of the technology was a semester, with fortnightly meetings, an average of 12 participants, where the themes were chosen by the subjects themselves.

Conclusion: The lived experience has shown that group activities approached the men of the health service, among other benefits, proving to be an important resource for health education.

Author Biographies

Ricardo Costa da Silva, Prefeitura Municipal de Parauapebas

Enfermeiro. Graduação SWG em Enfermagem pela Faculdade de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT)  e Universidade de Aveiro (UA - Portugal). Aluno do Programa de Pós Graduação em Cardiologia e Hemodinâmica da Pontíficia Universidade Católica de Goiás - PUC/GO.

Juliana Costa Maidana, Fundação Escola de Saúde Pública/Centro Luterano de Palmas (FESP/CEULP)

Graduada pela Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT). Aluna do Programa de Pós Graduação em Nefrologia Clínica. Palmas, TO, Brasil.

Isabella Afonso de Souza, Fundação Escola de Saúde Pública/Centro Luterano de Palmas (FESP/CEULP)

Graduada pela Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT). Residente em Saúde da Família e da Comunidade pela Fundação Escola de Saúde Pública/Centro Luterano de Palmas (FESP/CEULP). Palmas, TO, Brasil.

Keila Cardoso Aguiar, Hospital Geral Público de Palmas (HGPP)

Graduada pela Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT). Hospital Geral Público de Palmas (HGPP). Palmas, TO, Brasil.

Sayonara Serafim de Brito, Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT)

Graduada pela Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT). Palmas, TO, Brasil

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Published

2017-06-30

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Artigos de Relato de Experiência

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