%0 Journal Article
%T Environmental education as Primary Health Care strategy Educaci車n ambiental como estrategia de la Atenci車n Primaria de Salud A educa  o ambiental como estrat谷gia da Aten  o Prim芍ria 角 Sa迆de
%A Carlos Alexandre Rodrigues Pereira
%A Juliana Val谷ria de Melo
%A Andr谷 Luis Teixeira Fernandes
%J Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Fam赤lia e Comunidade
%D 2012
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Fam赤lia e Comunidade (SBMFC)
%R 10.5712/rbmfc7(23)293
%X Environmental education should not only discuss the physical environment, but also contextualise the local health care with emphasis on the disease prevention and management of environmental factors detrimental to health. Objective: This paper aims highlight the strategic importance of environmental education for the work in Primary Health Care in an isolated small urban center in the city of Uberaba. Method: Socio-environmental diagnosis was made in the period of August/2009 January/2010 through the application of semi-structured questionnaire for quantitative and qualitative research on health, environment and social development. Based on the results of the diagnosis, were prepared activities involving meetings, lectures and cultural events that discussed the problems in diagnosis. The assessment of efficacy was performed by verifying community action that arose after the activities. Results: Obtained the mobilization of the Municipal Health on the quality of drinking water and the community mobilization for organization and dealing with problems experienced related to education, health care and community representation. These actions are not due exclusively to the work carried out education, but were motivated and encouraged by it. Conclusion: It appears that environmental education is a viable strategy for Primary Health Care to may have community outreach and working environmental issues that affect the health status of people. La educaci車n ambiental no s車lo se debe discutir el medio ambiente f赤sico, sino tambi谷n contextualizar los servicios locales de salud con 谷nfasis en la prevenci車n de enfermedades y manejo de los factores ambientales perjudiciales para la salud. Objetivo: El presente trabajo pretende estudiar la importancia estrat谷gica de la educaci車n ambiental para el trabajo en Atenci車n Primaria de Salud en un peque o centro urbano en la ciudad de Uberaba. M谷todo: Se realiz車 diagn車stico socio-ambiental en el per赤odo de Agosto/2009 hasta Enero/2010 con la aplicaci車n de cuestionario semi-estructurado para la investigaci車n cuantitativa y cualitativa sobre la salud, el medio ambiente y el desarrollo social. Bas芍ndose en los resultados del diagn車stico, se prepararon actividades relacionadas con reuniones, conferencias y eventos culturales que se discutieron los problemas en el diagn車stico. La evaluaci車n de la eficacia se realiz車 mediante la verificaci車n de la acci車n comunitaria que surgi車 despu谷s de las actividades. Resultado: Se obtuvo la movilizaci車n de la Salud Municipal para mejora de la calidad del agua potable y tambien obtuvo la movilizaci車
%K Sa迆de Ambiental
%K Diagn車stico da Situa  o de Sa迆de em Grupos Espec赤ficos
%K Preven  o de Doen as
%U http://www.rbmfc.org.br/index.php/rbmfc/article/view/293