Research-action in Leisure, Sexuality and Education for the health of people with hypertension / Pesquisa-ação em lazer, sexualidade e educação para a saúde com pessoas que vivenciam a hipertensão arterial

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

RESUMO

Even though it is meant for a group which deeply experiences a sick body, Education for Health cannot merely focus on physiopathological mechanisms and medicamental therapies as it would disregard life and the human beings dimensions - which are beyond corporeity. Transversal themes, surrounded by preelaborated concepts and enrooted in myths, taboos, biases and superstition such as sexuality and leisure are understood as urgent demands to contribute with quality of life since they were put aside throughout history, despite being constituent parts of man. Within this context, this study had the purpose of investigating what the impact of Education for Health is on systemic hypertension patients by surveying issues related to leisure and sexuality in order to to develop, together with the participants, education actions towards possible solutions via research-action. It was a qualitative study mediated by research-action which enabled disclosing the perceptions of a group within a health unit with respect to sexuality, leisure and quality of life by developing, applying and assessing Education for Health activities on those themes. The target population for this study was constituted of six women with hypertension - the only ones to present such diagnosis who participated in a group meeting weekly at a Health center in a city in the Northwest of the state of Paraná, Brazil. Freires (1990) reference methodologies, adapted by Bueno (1997-8) were outlined into two phases: first, when the survey of the thematic universe occurred, bringing about the generative themes; the second, constituted by the education action. Moscovicis (1979) social representation was the fundament for the discussion concerning the categories and helped to set up the generative themes. These were the references for discussion and elaboration of the educational practices supported by Freires pedagogy of autonomy. It was difficult to understand sexuality as it was confined to sex and manifested via affective relations, partnership, and corporal care. Leisure was found to be the confrontation of loneliness. Hypertension was described regarding its causal factors. There was exacerbated valorization of the pharmacological treatment and coping with disease was considered difficult. Generative themes enabled the elaboration of a dialogic education action in which dynamics and discussions were performed. Participants reported that the strategies adopted proved to be valuable for knowledge exchange, valorization of human relations and pleasant contact with the themes approached.

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hipertensão hypertension lazer educação em saúde education for health sexuality leisure sexualidade

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