[Constructing community involvement for the prevention of home accidents in children].
BACKGROUND
This paper reports part of a study whose aim was to mobilise a team for the Family Health Program to enable the citizen community involvement aiming at preventing domestic accidents for children under age five, through the theoretical framework of the Seven Theses by Roberto Briceño-Léon.


METHODS
the Convergent Care Research was used with a Team for the Family Health Programme in a town in the country in Rio Grande do Sul. Educational workshops were first performed with the team and then educational activities were done with the families in the community. Data were collected through the observation, interview and content analysis.


RESULTS
Creation of four educational tools: the song 'A Lição do Sapeca', dramatisation of the song, the practice called 'O que é isto?' and the practice called 'Casa Simulada'.


CONCLUSIONS
It is showed that through creativity and congruence the health team unleashed a process of the citizen community involvement for preventing child domestic accidents.
Acker
Justina Inês Brunetto Verruck
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Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC.
Cartana
Maria do Horto Fontoura
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D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003256:Community Participation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant