An innovative geographical approach: health promotion and empowerment in a context of extreme urban poverty

This article describes and analyses a territorial intervention, the Vila Paciencia Initiative—a local development/health promotion programme implemented in a context of extreme poverty in the western district of Rio de Janeiro. The main goal of the programme was to empower individuals and communitie...

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Published in:Promotion & education 2005-09, Vol.12 (3_suppl), p.48-52
Main Authors: Becker, Daniel, Edmundo, Kátia, Rogéria Nunes, Nilza, Bonatto, Daniella, de Souza, Rosane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
General populations
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Prevention and actions
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
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Summary:This article describes and analyses a territorial intervention, the Vila Paciencia Initiative—a local development/health promotion programme implemented in a context of extreme poverty in the western district of Rio de Janeiro. The main goal of the programme was to empower individuals and communities. We emphasise the lessons learned and the potential for integrating them into local and regional health services, which could strengthen community participation and capacity-building and improve the effectiveness and community orientation of primary health care and other public policies directed to geographical development.
ISSN:1025-3823
DOI:10.1177/10253823050120030118x