Family health care Cuidado de la salud de la familia

Abstract

Objective: promote health care in families of two neighborhoods from the Comuna 3 in Medellin, through actions of health promotion and prevention of disease. Materials and Methods: intervention proposal that involves aspects of project management with a logical framework and epidemiology with the participative health monitoring for the analysis of problems that affect socially vulnerable communities and the development of relevant, participative and continuous academic practices, to promote the wellbeing. 177 families identified in vulnerable conditions and dependent of care were selected. Family history was used as an instrument of evaluation. Results: affiliations to the community health nursing to displaced families that have experienced exclusion or inequality, rights violations, for the dispossession of their lands and the loss of benefits for a decent job, health and education, which have led to resistance and mobilization as mechanisms of protection Conclusion: protective processes were recognized, such as solidarity, respect and support in the midst of adversity, as well as the deterioration processes that affect the family dynamics, since it constitutes information and essential knowledge to propose strategies and actions of appropriate individual and collective care and in context, in which the group of students and professors integrated theoretical and methodological aspects necessary to implement primary health care with the families and communities, through the focus of human development and community participation.