[Education in health as a life quality promoter for elderly people].
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.
de Melo
Mônica Cristina
MC
Faculdade Maurício de Nassau, Recife, PE, 52011-210. monicademelo@ig.com.br
Souza
André Luiz
AL
Leandro
Edélvio Leonardo
EL
Mauricio
Herika de Arruda
Hde A
Silva
Iêdo Donato
ID
de Oliveira
Juliana Maria Oriá
JM
D000368:Aged; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life