title: [Nursing and environmental health: possibilities of action for health promotion].
abstract: This qualitative study aimed at understanding the meanings of participation of the members of the Sub Watershed Committee of the Salgado River, CE, Brazil, subsidizing the health promotion for a sustainable environment as regards water resources; reflecting on the interface between nursing and environment focusing on the component water. The subjects were 18 representatives of the committee. Information were collected through interviews, analyzed by a collective subject's discourse. The understanding of participation by the subjects were summarized in speech synthesis: participation involves social awareness, information, communication in search of solutions that represent the community. The interface of nursing on the committee is presented as a possibility for extension of its object to incorporate the environment in the actions of health promotion.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE. socorrovieira@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Maria do Socorro Vieira
authors.initials: Mdo S
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Lorena Barbosa
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Ximenes
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D004782:Environmental Health; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing; D014881:Water Supply