Education and health promotion: a historical retrospect

DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.200731.3.1

Authors

  • Maria Cecília Focesi Pelicioni Livre-Docente, Doutora e Mestre em Saúde Pública pela Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo (FSP/USP). Educadora de Saúde Pública e Ambiental. Professora Doutora do Departamento de Prática de Saúde Pública da FSP/USP. Coordenadora do Curso de Especialização em Promoção da Saúde da FSP/USP.
  • Andréa Focesi Pelicioni Doutora e Mestre em Saúde Pública pela Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo (FSP/USP). Educadora Ambiental. Professora convidada do Curso de Especialização em Saúde Pública do Centro Universitário São Camilo, responsável pela disciplina de Educação e Promoção da Saúde

Keywords:

Education for Public Health. Health Promotion. Public health.

Abstract

The present article makes a historical retrospect of educative actions in the health field, especially sanitary education and
education in public health, as well as its relationships with Health Promotion. People’s empowerment and active participation - praised by
the paradigm of Health Promotion - will be made possible by education for health, as a political formation process for active citizenship
preparing individuals and/or groups to take the control and the responsibility by their own health, among others objectives. In the same
way, this educative action will have to be one of communication, dialogue if it wants to reach human beings in their historical reality,
for only motivated and enabled will them be able to incorporate new meanings, values and practices to improve their quality of life.

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Published

2007-07-01

How to Cite

Focesi Pelicioni, M. C. ., & Focesi Pelicioni, A. . (2007). Education and health promotion: a historical retrospect: DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.200731.3.1. O Mundo Da Saúde, 31(3), 320–328. Retrieved from https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/873