Developing health-promoting practice with families: one pedagogical experience

Area of Science:

• Nursing
• Public Health
• Health Promotion

Background:

• Growing recognition of social determinants of health.
• Shift towards socio-environmental perspectives in health promotion.
• Need for family nurses to move beyond disease-treatment models.

Purpose of the Study:

• To describe a multidisciplinary team's pedagogical experience.
• To detail the development of emancipatory family health promoting practices.
• To outline educational processes and transformative changes.

Main Methods:

• Multidisciplinary team collaboration.
• Pedagogical approach to practice development.
• Qualitative description of educational experiences and team evolution.

Main Results:

• Identification of key educational processes supporting practice development.
• Description of transformative changes experienced by team members.
• Successful evolution towards emancipatory, health-promoting family practice.

Conclusions:

• Emancipatory, health-promoting family practice is achievable through pedagogical development.
• Multidisciplinary collaboration is crucial for transforming nursing practice.
• Focus on social and environmental factors enhances family health promotion.