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Theory and practice in the context of health promotion program evaluation

2007; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 14; Issue: 1_suppl Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/10253823070140010601x

1756-3976

Maria da Fátima Lobato Tavares, Cláudia Márcia Santos Barros, Willer Baumgarten Marcondes, Regina Bodstein, Simone Cynamon Cohen, Débora Cynamon Kligerman, Francisco de Assis Comarú, Carlos Silva, Cláudia Maria Bógus, Rosa Maria da Rocha, Alexandre Moraes de Mello, Leila Adesse, Kátia Edmundo, Rosilda Mendes,

Health, Nursing, Elderly Care

Evaluation of health promotion (HP) actions is a major challenge, generating inquiries and reflections that can contribute on the effectiveness of the actions themselves. With the aim on fostering exchange on monitoring and evaluation experiences related to the implementation of healthy settings, the 1 st Brazilian Seminar on Health Promotion Effectiveness was launched in 2005. The program included round table and workshops known as Working Groups (WG) in Brazil. The criteria used to constitute the workshops focused settings as spaces of circulation and living as an intrinsic connection to lifestyles and conditions, as well as to social and/or environmental risk factors associated with groups living in these settings day after day. Focusing on evaluation as an activity that generates knowledge, this article highlights and stimulates the discussion about some major issues arising from the theoretical-methodological approach and the discussions developed in the workshops. The debates carried out during the Seminar illustrated the different perceptions and views of the social players involved in implementation and evaluation of H P practices, disclosing a multiplicity of meanings. It became clear that procedures are needed to document a future maturation of concepts and methods, in combination with further in-depth theoretical discussion.