Social Participation and Community Empowerment in Public Health

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This course focuses in the conceptual and methodological aspects of the process of social participation, community empowerment, and popular education in the context of Public Health. Themes related to the empowerment, as the lack of power, power theories, community empowerment, and social participation are discussed. One of the innovative aspects of the course is the teaching -learning experience based on the methodology of popular education developed by Freire. The students will have the opportunity to learn how this methodology facilitates the active participation in the discussion of different themes and offers them opportunity for a dialogue about the theory and practice of Public Health. This course is addressed to students of Health Education Program an d health professions graduate students with interest in health promotion. At the end of course, students will have knowledge and skills for develop intervention with empowerment model.