Health instruction in adult education as instrument for community participation. Analysis of an experiment in La Nora (Murcia)

• Published in: Atención primaria Vol. 8; no. 11; p. 942
• Main Authors: Sánchez Moreno, A, Ballesta Cervantes, C, Hernández García, A M, Hellín Gómez, E, Ramos García, E, Sánchez Estévez, V, Marset Campos, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Spain 01-12-1991
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Community Participation - methods; Female; Health Education; Health Promotion - methods; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Spain
• ISSN: 0212-6567

The main aim of this work is to demonstrate the possibility of establishing stable contacts between the PC study and citizens' groups, in order to promote Health Education. The experience of Adult Education in a Health Centre, initiated by its Consejo de Salud (Health Council), was analysed.
The study's methodology is of Participatory Research based on an earlier descriptive analysis, which had followed the educational input.
It takes place in a PCC and is a Community-based activity.
The PC study, Adult Education teachers, the Social Health Department of the Faculty of Medicine and 136 adult students from nine villages in the rural area of La Nora (Murcia), took part in the study.
Essentially to develop a programme of Health Instruction within Adult Education, in order to encourage Community Participation.
They focus on checking the effect of the programme on all the groups concerned and analysing the characteristics of the adult student body.
The most important have been the generally positive feelings about the experiment and thus the possibility of tackling new ones. It was important that the study had been the fruit of a programme of Community Participation, with the Health Centre as the point of reference.