| |  | Hennington, Élida A. | Acolhimento como prática interdisciplinar num programa de extensão universitária read moreAbstract: This article discusses the Interdisciplinary Health Promotion and Health Care Program at Vale do Rio dos Sinos University in Brazil. Beginning with an exploratory process, the study aims to analyze and comprehend the role of this community-oriented program in the education of students from different health-related disciplines at the University, as well as the program's health care role in the city of São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. The central concept is that of "acolhimento" ("refuge" or "shelter"). The program involves internship grants and services to the community and aims to enhance health-related practices in various fields such as Psychology, Nutrition, Nursing, Physical Education, and Collective Health, besides interfaces with Social Service, Law, and Medicine. | 2005 |
| |  | Mandú, Edir N. | Intersubjetividade na qualificação do cuidado em saúde read moreAbstract: Esta producción teórica, basada en formulaciones presentes en el debate académico sobre procesos asistenciales en salud, ofrece elementos para apoyar la calificación del cuidado individualizado. Se argumenta a favor del rescate de la intersubjectividad en la atención, enfocando aspectos socioculturales y psíquicoafectivos de la interacción, tomados como dimensión esencial en la construcción de una nueva relación con los sujetos del cuidado y de un abordaje amplia de sus vivencias y necesidades en salud. | 2004 |
| |  | Akerman, Marco | É possível avaliar um imperativo ético? read moreAbstract: Stakeholders and institutions involved in implementing public policies, of which health promotion is the main axis, have discussed the need to improve evaluation processes in order to appropriately understand the results of these actions. This issue has been approached with diverse emphasis - seeking elements that demonstrate the effectiveness of the actions, and developing participatory evaluation tools that address the philosophical principles of the health promotion . This article briefly presents the main current perspectives of health promotion assessment based primarily on the following references: a book published by WHO, in 2001, updates the state-of-the art in evaluation of health promotion; an initiative by PAHO implemented in the past years with an emphasis on participatory evaluation methodologies; and a project on evidence and effectiveness carried out by IUHPE, as of 2002. Finally, it addresses a set of values and principles that could guide health promotion assessment. Moreover, the paper discusses three critical variables related to developing a participatory evaluation process in a healthy city project.These perspectives demonstrate the importance of establishing a conceptual landmark for evaluation, and that health promotion assessment is not exempt from values and principles. | 2004 |