%0 Journal Article
%T An experience of women¡¯s empowerment in Primary Health Care Una experiencia de empoderamiento de mujeres en la Atenci¨®n Primaria de la Salud Uma experi¨ºncia de empoderamento de mulheres na Aten  o Prim¨¢ria ¨¤ Sa¨²de
%A Carla Luiza Oliveira
%A Elisane Adriana Santos Rodrigues
%A Gislaine Alves de Souza
%A Jacqueline dos Santos Silva
%J Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Fam¨ªlia e Comunidade
%D 2012
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Fam¨ªlia e Comunidade (SBMFC)
%R 10.5712/rbmfc6(21)325
%X This paper presents the analysis of a training practice developed in a Health Center located in the North Sanitary District of Belo Horizonte. The central aim of the practice was to promote initiatives of mobilization and political discussions among women who live in the region covered by the health center. During the meetings, discussions were produced through the background of gender relations, approaching themes as violence, women¡¯s health, work division, women¡¯s valorization, construction of social roles, and human rights. The practice was named as ¡°Women¡¯s Movement¡± by the women involved in one of the first meetings. The work is inspired in participant methodologies and in the comprehension of group as a device, especially when it comes to the co-construction of actions in the health field. The concepts of gender and empowerment were guidelines of the reflections and actions. The meetings took place every other week, with average duration of one and a half hour each. There were approximately 12 women in each meeting between users, psychology students, and health communitarian agents. As an articulation attempt, in two meetings a Municipal Health Counselor was present, discussing women¡¯s role in social mobilization. The practice has been revealed as an important device of integrations, since it puts closer and produces accountability between university, health services, and community in the construction of health actions. En este art¨ªculo se presenta el an¨¢lisis de una pr¨¢ctica realizada en un centro de salud ubicado en el Distrito Sanitario Norte de Belo Horizonte. El objetivo principal de la pr¨¢ctica era promover iniciativas de movilizaci¨®n y discusiones pol¨ªticas entre las mujeres que viven en la regi¨®n cubierta por el centro de salud. Durante las reuniones fueran producidas discusiones teniendo como tel¨®n de fondo las relaciones de g¨¦nero, ocup¨¢ndonos de temas como la violencia, la salud de las mujeres, la divisi¨®n del trabajo, lo empoderamiento de las mujeres, la construcci¨®n de los roles sociales y los derechos humanos. La pr¨¢ctica fue llamada ¡°Movimiento de Mujeres¡± por sus propios miembros en una de las reuniones iniciales. El trabajo se hay inspirado en las metodolog¨ªas participativas y en la comprensi¨®n del grupo como dispositivo, especialmente con respecto a la co-construcci¨®n de las acciones de salud. Los conceptos de g¨¦nero y empoderamiento fueran organizadores de las reflexiones y de las acciones. Las reuniones se realizaron cada dos semanas, con un promedio de una hora y media. Hab¨ªa alrededor de 12 mujeres por encuentro, incluso usuar
%K Sa¨²de P¨²blica
%K Mulheres
%K Autonomia Pessoal
%K Processos Grupais
%U http://www.rbmfc.org.br/index.php/rbmfc/article/view/325