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Revista Cubana de Salud Pública 2019; 45 (4)

The healthy housing strategy, an intervention in the rural population

Valbuena-Durán LD, Vanegas RJ, Castro LC, Valenzuela JA, Celis SVO, Peña RKA, Camargo RMI, Camargo-Figuera FA

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 1-11
PDF size: 291.00 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: The healthy housing strategy was applied in different communities with positive results in the achievement of healthy environments. The strategy, applied through an educational methodology, favors the empowerment and decision-making related to the knowledge, attitudes and family practices. The towns in the rural sector have houses with precarious constructions, in which have not been taken into account for their building the internal and external factors that directly affect the health of families.
Objective: To determine the effect of an educational intervention that is framed in the healthy housing strategy, in the knowledge, attitudes and practices of families in a rural town of Bucaramanga city.
Methods: It was performed a quasi-experimental study through an educational intervention house to house. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of families were evaluated at the beginning and at the end of the application. The sample consisted of 31 rural homes. It had as a methodological basis the theoretical content proposed in the healthy housing strategy of the Pan American Health Organization.
Results: Of the 6 components of the strategy, there were significant changes in 5 of the 31 items evaluated.
Conclusion: The healthy housing strategy developed through the educational intervention proves to be a useful tool in improving health practices and customs in the population.


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