title: Nursing scientific production on health promotion, chronic condition, and aging.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to characterize the scientific production of Postgraduate Programs Nursing in Brazil on health promotion with a focus on elderly people with chronic conditions in the period from 2006 to 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  integrative research developed by searching for dissertations and theses in the database of the Center for Nursing Studies and Research of the Brazilian Nursing Association published in the period from 2006 to 2010 and which focused on health promotion for elderly people with chronic conditions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  five themes emerged: "Living with the disease"; "Technologies of care", "Potential for self-care" "Psycho-spiritual dimension", and "Family caregiver".
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  it was possible to identify nursing care as a key element to promote the health of elderly people and make them more independent in their care so as to live with their limitations or disabilities, even when affected by chronic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, BR.
authors.forename: Rafaela Vivian
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Valcarenghi
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, BR.
authors.forename: Luciana de Fátima Leite
authors.initials: Lde F
authors.lastname: Lourenço
authors.affiliation: Curso Técnico em Enfermagem, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Santa Catarina, Joinville, SC, BR.
authors.forename: Josiane Steil
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Siewert
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, BR.
authors.forename: Angela Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Alvarez
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D001938:Brazil; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research