GROUP OF WOMEN: ANOTHER LOOK AT CARE

Women today assume different roles in society, fight figures inside and outside their homes. Therefore, numerous experiences of violence and illness. In this sense, the interest of three health professionals to gather a group of women in a community in order to create a sharing network of experiences and mutual support. Given this experience, this study aims to describe the practice of share experiences in health Women Arara Group in Manguinhos, municipal district of Rio de Janeiro. The work is characterized by a qualitative research, type of research action, which are held fortnightly meetings in the homes of users. These meetings also involved two professional health referral health facility planning, the Family Clinic Victor Valla a resident doctor and a dentist, and a professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Themes are worked previously agreed with the participants developed dynamics associated with triggering questions for the discussion of issues. As a result, what we can see is that women have appropriated the space and recognized him as a place of welcoming listening, enabling sharing and working complex issues. From this experience, what can be concluded is the importance of creating listening spaces, which has shown its ability to cope on issues related to the feminine universe, valuing communication as a powerful promotional tool and protect the health and life.