title: Theory and practice in the context of health promotion program evaluation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Sergio Arouca National Pubic Health School, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP/FIOCRUZ), Brazil. flobato@ensp.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Maria da Fátima
authors.initials: Mda F
authors.lastname: Lobato Tavares
authors.forename: Cláudia Márcia Santos
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.forename: Willer Baumgarten
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Marcondes
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bodstein
authors.forename: Simone Cynamon
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Debora Cynamon
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Kligerman
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Comarú
authors.forename: Carlos Santos
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Cláudia Maria
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bógus
authors.forename: Rosa Maria
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: da Rocha
authors.forename: Alexandre Moraes
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Mello
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Adesse
authors.forename: Katia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Edmundo
authors.forename: Rosilda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mendes
mesh_terms: 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