Education and health promotion: a historical retrospect: DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.200731.3.1

The present article makes a historical retrospect of educative actions in the health field, especially sanitary education andeducation in public health, as well as its relationships with Health Promotion. People’s empowerment and active participation - praised bythe paradigm of Health Promotion - wi...

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Autores: Focesi Pelicioni, Maria Cecília, Focesi Pelicioni, Andréa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Brasil
Institución:Centro Universitário São Camilo
Repositorio:O Mundo da Saúde (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs3.revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br:article/873
Acceso en línea:https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/873
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Educação em Saúde Pública. Promoção da Saúde. Saúde Pública.
Education for Public Health. Health Promotion. Public health.
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Sumario:The present article makes a historical retrospect of educative actions in the health field, especially sanitary education andeducation in public health, as well as its relationships with Health Promotion. People’s empowerment and active participation - praised bythe paradigm of Health Promotion - will be made possible by education for health, as a political formation process for active citizenshippreparing individuals and/or groups to take the control and the responsibility by their own health, among others objectives. In the sameway, this educative action will have to be one of communication, dialogue if it wants to reach human beings in their historical reality,for only motivated and enabled will them be able to incorporate new meanings, values and practices to improve their quality of life.