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Promotion of health, sustainability and social development of a vulnerable community

Promoção da saúde, sustentabilidade e desenvolvimento social de comunidade vulnerável

Promoción de la salud, sostenibilidad y desarrollo social de la comunidad vulnerable

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to report the experience of research phases on promoting sustainable development based on social technologies with palm fiber artifacts in a vulnerable community.

Method:

this is an experience report that describes the phases of a multiprofessional project that sought sustainable development, and was conducted with inhabitants from a vulnerable community.

Results:

the actions were developed in four phases: exploratory, planning, implementation and evaluation. These phases encompassed a situational diagnosis, planning and performing health education workshops, training meetings, production of handcrafted window shutters with insulation and acoustic comfort. The most emphatic result was the possibility of a new source of income.

Final Considerations:

the project actions favored the individual and collective empowerment of the participants regarding their health, especially considering the recovery of self-esteem, valuation of traditional knowledge and a new source of income.

Descriptors:
Sensitive Populations; Community Health Nursing; Conservation of Natural Resources; Social Planning; Health Education

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