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Theory and practice in the context of health promotion program evaluation

Sergio Arouca National Pubic Health School, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP/FIOCRUZ), Brazil, flobato{at}ensp.fiocruz.br

Cláudia Márcia Santos Barros

Social Commerce Service (SESC) - National Department, Brasil

Willer Baumgarten Marcondes

Sergio Arouca National Pubic Health School, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP/FIOCRUZ), Brazil

Regina Bodstein

Sergio Arouca National Pubic Health School, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP/FIOCRUZ), Brazil

Simone Cynamon Cohen

Sergio Arouca National Pubic Health School, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP/FIOCRUZ), Brazil

Debora Cynamon Kligerman

Sergio Arouca National Pubic Health School, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP/FIOCRUZ), Brazil

Francisco Comarú

Faculty of Public Health, São Paolo University, Brazil

Carlos Santos Silva

Municipal Health Department of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cláudia Maria Bógus

Faculty of Public Health, São Paolo University, Brazil

Rosa Maria da Rocha

Sergio Arouca National Pubic Health School, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP/FIOCRUZ), Brazil

Alexandre Moraes de Mello

School of Physical Education and Sports, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Leila Adesse

Researcher, Sergio Arouca National Pubic Health School, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP/FIOCRUZ), Brazil

Katia Edmundo

Center for Health Promotion (CEDAPS), Brazil

Rosilda Mendes

CEPEDOC Healthy Municipalities, Faculty of Public Health, São Paolo University, Brazil

Evaluation of health promotion (HP) actions is a major challenge, generating inquiries and reflections that can contribute on the effectiveness of the actions themselves. With the aim on fostering exchange on monitoring and evaluation experiences related to the implementation of healthy settings, the 1st Brazilian Seminar on Health Promotion Effectiveness was launched in 2005. The program included round table and workshops known as Working Groups (WG) in Brazil. The criteria used to constitute the workshops focused settings as spaces of circulation and living as an intrinsic connection to lifestyles and conditions, as well as to social and/or environmental risk factors associated with groups living in these settings day after day.

Focusing on evaluation as an activity that generates knowledge, this article highlights and stimulates the discussion about some major issues arising from the theoretical-methodological approach and the discussions developed in the workshops. The debates carried out during the Seminar illustrated the different perceptions and views of the social players involved in implementation and evaluation of HP practices, disclosing a multiplicity of meanings. It became clear that procedures are needed to document a future maturation of concepts and methods, in combination with further in-depth theoretical discussion. (Promotion & Education, 2007, Supplement (1): pp 27-30)

Key Words: effectiveness • evaluation • health promotion • monitoring

Promotion & Education, Vol. 14, No. 1 suppl, 27-30 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/10253823070140010601x


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