HEALTH PROMOTION AND SELF-CARE IN A FAMILY INTERVENTION EXPERIENCE

Introduction/Objectives: Health promotion is the development of plans, policies and goals to prevent people from exposing themselves to diseases, rather than treating the already established ones. This approach tends to improve families’ dynamics, establishing the self-care and offering qualification to exercise health promotion by themselves. Therefore, this study intends to intercede in patients’ lives, encouraging families members to practice the self-care, exercising health promotion. Methodology: Experience report about a patient’s (initials M.G.) life, held in Dendê community in September 2015. It consisted in home visits performed by a group of medical students that were aiming to cultivate self-care and health promotion in this community. The study consisted of a plan of intervention for the patient (that had physical and social issues) through the use of the self-care methodology. Results and conclusion: In the evaluation, M.G.’s eyes disease and the family’s dynamics difficulties were pointed out. The counseling focus was to tranquilize the patient and then to start an agreement that consisted in the appointment of a surgical intervention for his eyes and emphasizing the family’s and community relationships. The Assistance focused on the goals implementation obstacles, so that during the monitoring the patients still were motivated to continue the treatment. Thereby, the study shows the importance of interventions focusing health education.