title: Health practices: the view of the black elderly population in a terreiro community.
abstract: to understand health practices of black, elderly people in a terreiro community (community of followers of traditional African-Brazilian religions).
  
  
  
  qualitative descriptive study under the Black-African paradigm of civilization constituted by the Black-African cultural complex and the structuring elements of the African cosmovision. Semi-structured interviews were carried out from July to September 2013, with six black older people from a terreiro community in Porto Alegre, RS.
  
  
  
  thematic content analysis resulted in the following categories: Ancestry; Belonging: the way to know and practice health; Health knowledge and practices in terreiro communities; and Complementarity: promoting health in the terreiro and traditional medicine and its respective subcategories.
  
  
  
  the study understood the importance of having a knowledge of the practices of African traditions in both the lifestyle and health of the older black population to help with nursing planning and interventions in response to their needs.
authors: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Enfermagem. Porto Alegre-RS, Brasil.
authors: Katia Peres
authors: KP
authors: Farias
authors: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Porto Alegre-RS, Brasil.
authors: Maria da Graça Oliveira
authors: Mda G
authors: Crossetti
authors: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Enfermagem. Porto Alegre-RS, Brasil.
authors: Marta Georgina Oliveira de
authors: MG
authors: Góes
authors: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Enfermagem. Porto Alegre-RS, Brasil.
authors: Vera Catarina
authors: VC
authors: Portella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D001938:Brazil; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012111:Residence Characteristics