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An innovative geographical approach: health promotion and empowerment in a context of extreme urban poverty

Daniel Becker

Centro de Promoção da Saúde, CEDAPS Rua do Ouvidor 86, 5 andar Centro Rio de Janeiro RJ 20040-030 Brazil, danielb{at}cedaps.org.br

Kátia Edmundo

Nilza Rogéria Nunes

Daniella Bonatto

Rosane de Souza

This article describes and analyses a territorial intervention, the Vila Paciencia Initiative—a local development/health promotion programme implemented in a context of extreme poverty in the western district of Rio de Janeiro. The main goal of the programme was to empower individuals and communities. We emphasise the lessons learned and the potential for integrating them into local and regional health services, which could strengthen community participation and capacity-building and improve the effectiveness and community orientation of primary health care and other public policies directed to geographical development.

Key Words: community empowerment • territorial approach • local development • participatory methodologies • evaluation

Promotion & Education, Vol. 12, No. 3 suppl, 48-52 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/10253823050120030118x
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