摘要:This is an experience report with a group of elderly women developed in the "Project for Extension and Research in Family Health" in Fortaleza-CE, in the period from March to December 2016. This article aims to describe the experiences of health education activities carried out with elderly women with the problematic axes: Active Aging and Self Care. The meetings were guided by the precepts of Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Theory and Freire's conceptions of education. It were used playful and constructive tools, such as: workshops, conversation wheels, group dynamics and audiovisual resources, facilitating the reflection and the construction of knowledge between extensionists and the elderly. The development of activities made it possible to perceive how these elderly women acquired knowledge and improved their self-care. Therefore, it is urgent to strengthen preventive and health promotion actions aimed at promoting the practice of self-care.
其他摘要:This is an experience report with a group of elderly women developed in the "Project for Extension and Research in Family Health" in Fortaleza-CE, in the period from March to December 2016. This article aims to describe the experiences of health education activities carried out with elderly women with the problematic axes: Active Aging and Self Care. The meetings were guided by the precepts of Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Theory and Freire's conceptions of education. It were used playful and constructive tools, such as: workshops, conversation wheels, group dynamics and audiovisual resources, facilitating the reflection and the construction of knowledge between extensionists and the elderly. The development of activities made it possible to perceive how these elderly women acquired knowledge and improved their self-care. Therefore, it is urgent to strengthen preventive and health promotion actions aimed at promoting the practice of self-care.