Candelaria BJC, Gutiérrez GC, Acosta CC, Pérez RA, Ruiz PFR, Labrador MO

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease can be preventable and always treatable. Health promotion and education actions influence its incidence and prevalence, as well as the axis of the shift from the negative concept of health to a positive vision.
Objective: To design a community education program on kidney-related health in senior adults.
Methods: A study of technological development was carried out from January 2015 to January 2016. The program proposed was based on the use of participatory techniques.
Results: The proposal was based on established goals for its fulfilment and subsequent impact assessment, designing a group of activities to carry out the implementation of the community education program that includes the training of facilitators, and the organization and coordination of the groups. Thus, the work sessions were structured, dividing the program in a didactic way in the stages that included: the community diagnosis, the cross-sector unification, and the related organization, using the methodology research-action-participation, monitoring, and assessment.
Conclusions: A community education program on kidney-related health was designed for the senior adults, which could be a tool that would enhance health education activity in this population group and achieve a better quality of life for them.