Theory and practice in the context of health promotion program evaluation.
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 1 st 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 H P 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.
Lobato Tavares
Maria da Fátima
Mda F
Sergio Arouca National Pubic Health School, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP/FIOCRUZ), Brazil. flobato@ensp.fiocruz.br
Barros
Cláudia Márcia Santos
CM
Marcondes
Willer Baumgarten
WB
Bodstein
Regina
R
Cohen
Simone Cynamon
SC
Kligerman
Debora Cynamon
DC
Comarú
Francisco
F
Silva
Carlos Santos
CS
Bógus
Cláudia Maria
CM
da Rocha
Rosa Maria
RM
de Mello
Alexandre Moraes
AM
Adesse
Leila
L
Edmundo
Katia
K
Mendes
Rosilda
R
D001938:Brazil; D003256:Community Participation; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000193:education; D012962:Sociology, Medical