A arte de nascer (The art of being born)

In 2008, this project began with a small group of volunteers in a poor rural community in northeastern Brazil using art therapy to increase the knowledge of pregnant women about gestation, birth, and care of their babies. After positive results were seen within that community, the methodology was pu...

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Published in:Education for health (Abingdon, England) England), 2019-09, Vol.32 (3), p.150-153
Main Authors: Damasio Santos, Carolina, Lisboa, Lilian, Cassiano, Alexandra, de Lima, Alexandra, Oliveira Freitas-Junior, Reginaldo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Art therapy
Book publishing
Child Health
Childbirth & labor
Empowerment
Handicrafts
Health education
Health promotion
Health status
Infants
Interdisciplinary aspects
Interdisciplinary education
International Education
Maternal & child health
Maternal and infant welfare
Maternal characteristics
Physiotherapy
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
Psychology
Rural areas
Rural communities
Songs
Teaching
Villages
Volunteers
Womens health
Workshops
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Summary:In 2008, this project began with a small group of volunteers in a poor rural community in northeastern Brazil using art therapy to increase the knowledge of pregnant women about gestation, birth, and care of their babies. After positive results were seen within that community, the methodology was published as a book to be replicated in other states of Brazil. In 2010/2011, after being selected as a "Young Champions of Maternal Health" winner by Ashoka and Maternal Task Force competition, the project was adapted for the local culture in Mali and replicated in villages in West Africa with workshops using songs, poems, stories, crafts, and cinema. It continues to be implemented throughout Brazil, and since 2012, at the Institute Santos Dumont, a health, teaching, and research center in a rural area in Northeast Brazil. It is also used as a teaching strategy for students of medicine, physiotherapy, psychology, resident doctors, and multiprofessionals. It contributes to the development of attitudes, health education skills, and interprofessional education experience. It also provides information and educates groups to empower women about their health and rights to make informed choices regarding pregnancy and childbirth.
ISSN:1357-6283
1469-5804
DOI:10.4103/efh.EfH_260_19