RIU project: Perceived changes by health agents and professionals after a health Health Promotion; intervention in an urban area of socioeconomic disadvantage
Por:
Aviñó D, Paredes-Carbonell JJ, Peiró-Pérez R, La Parra Casado D and Álvarez-Dardet C
Publicada:
1 dic 2014
Resumen:
Objective: To describe how health agents and professionals working in a community project perceive the changes related to the population health status and their use of health-care services after the RIU intervention in an urban area of socioeconomic disadvantage.
Design: A qualitative descriptive study based on individual and group interviews and participant observation conducted between October 2008-July 2009.
Location: Raval (Algemesi-Valencia)
Participants: We selected by purposive sample 7 women health agents, all persons who completed the intervention, and 10 professionals for their involvement in the intervention.
Method: We conducted a group interview with the women at 6 months and a group and 7 individuals interviews both at 9 months of intervention. We realized a thematic descriptive analysis from health promotion framework. We used participant observation in a meeting with professionals at 9 months and analyzed field notes as: appraisal project, detected changes, challenges and recommendations.
Results: Women acquired information about health, contraception, pregnancy and heath services; they noted changes in self-care and social skills and leadership; they internalized the role of health worker disseminating what they learned and showed improvement in self-esteem and social recognition. They caused changes in the people related on health care and access to services. Professionals didn't incorporate at their work the community perspective; they valued positively the project; professionals and women agreed on improving access and use of services and closeness population-professionals.
Conclusions: RIU increases the capabilities of the participants, their social recognition and improves access and use of health services. (C) 2013 Elsevier Esparta, S.L.U. All rights reserved.
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