title: [Education in health as a life quality promoter for elderly people].
abstract: This article presents considerations on the education in health as a life quality promoter in order to reach actions and behavior conditions for the Brazilian elderly community health. From a literature review, it could be noticed that the educational work has as challenge the integration of the huge knowledge in human and biological areas to the common knowledge, improving new policies in the model of the health care system. The education in health reveals to be the link between the desires and expectations of this population for a better life and the projections and policies of the government to offer more efficient health care programs.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade Maurício de Nassau, Recife, PE, 52011-210. monicademelo@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Mônica Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: de Melo
authors.forename: André Luiz
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Edélvio Leonardo
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Leandro
authors.forename: Herika de Arruda
authors.initials: Hde A
authors.lastname: Mauricio
authors.forename: Iêdo Donato
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Juliana Maria Oriá
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life