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Health promotion practices as resistance and counter-conduct to neoliberal governmentality
Fernanda Carlise Mattioni1, Roberta de Pinho Silveira2, Camilo Darsie de Souza3
1Programa de Residência Multiprofissional em Saúde, Escola de Saúde Pública do Rio Grande do Sul, Secretaria Estadual da Saúde do Rio Grande do Sul. Av. Ipiranga 6311, Partenon. 90119-900 Porto Alegre RS Brasil. nandacmattioni@gmail.com.
Abstract:
This article analyzes the discourses within Health Promotion (HP) practices in Primary Health Care (PHC) that constitute actions of resistance and counter-conduct to the neoliberal governmentality inscribed in these tools. Drawing upon descriptive and exploratory field research, together with a qualitative approach, we interviewed 23 PHC workers in a municipality in southern Brazil. The results point out possibilities to enhance HP in PHC: strengthening training activities within health units; problematizing Social Determinants of Health (SDH); methods to encourage participation; collectivization of health demands; appreciation and reinforcement of achievements and collective actions; recovery of the local community's culture and habits; and HP advocacy in PHC.
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