ACADEMIA CARIOCA PROGRAM: COMMUNITY AND INSTITUTIONAL GARDEN TO PROMOTE FOOD SECURITY IN THE FAMILY HEALTH (SMSRJ-BRAZIL)

Introduction: Community gardens, practiced in different spaces, including institutional, are considered integration instruments in sustainable development processes of people and the environment. In this context, the Academia Carioca Program, strategy implemented in 2009 by the Municipal Health Secretariat of Rio de Janeiro by offering regular physical activity oriented by physical education professional, integrated actions and services of Family Health, in line with this purpose, the expansion of coordination of health care. Objective: Present the experience of the Academia Carioca Program through the use of free spaces in Primary Care Units (PSU) with the cultivation of institutional community gardens called "Promote, Prevent and Season". Method: This is a cross-sectional study with participant observation on the effects of cultivation of gardens in the community. Results and Conclusion: The action promoted the training of 100% of physical education professionals Academia Carioca Program which broadcast the Program participants acquired knowledge on the cultivation of gardens, creating a Multipliers Network of good practices. From this experience 80% of UAP have implanted gardens. The production of urban gardens promotes reflection of the participating subjects on healthy habits and home planting. Thus extend the home environment practices that promote food security and conscious consumption. We conclude that the health promotion perspective the initiative develops actions acting on issues that relate to the health-disease process, encouraging broader forms of intervention on the Social Determinants of Health with popular participation, encouraging healthy choices by individuals and communities in the territory where they live and work.