Open AccessHealth education in self-help groups to promote healthy lifestyles
Author(s) -
Gabriela Mandujano Juárez,
Bruno López de la Vega,
Leticia Hernández Carreño,
Silvia Padilla Loredo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medwave
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.178
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 0717-6384
DOI - 10.5867/medwave.2012.11.5574
Subject(s) - politics , political science , medicine , humanities , gerontology , library science , law , art , computer science
In this review we discuss the formation of self-help groups (GAM) in order to help to counteract diseases, illnesses or conditions assertively, effective and above all positive, this in order to integrate health education in its multidisciplinary approach to create GAM that provide viable alternatives to modify unhealthy lifestyles or unhealthy. It is important the introduction of health education in the creation and sustenance of the same, as it provides a different perspective on the implementation of plans, programs and projects open to meet learning needs and changes in lifestyle with the help of support networks and psycho-emotional aspects intervention, which aims to achieve stability at individual and collective level