Introduction. This article presents a systematization of the Networks, Health and Food Project carried out by an interdisciplinary team of teachers from the University of the Republic (Ude¬lar) in 2018 in the town of San Antonio, Department of Canelones, Uruguay. The main goal was to create a program of health promotion and agroecology from the Eco-health perspec¬tive. At an academic level, the project set out to promote the production of interdisciplinary knowledge around the axes of human health, social construction of health and agroecological food production.
Matherials and methods. From an Ecohealth approach, health prevention and promotion ac¬tions on location were generated from a holistic and systemic conception of the relationship between humans and the environment. The agroecological perspective was incorporated, con¬sidering food and its production system as determinants of environmental sustainability and food security and sovereignty.
Results. As results we highlight the importance of participation and integration of community knowledge and having created a space for the promotion of comprehensive health, in tune with the pillars of the Shanghai Charter, “Health promotion in the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development”.
Discussion. This experience is a response to the challenges facing the academy, in its desire to contribute to the development of society. Its developments can also be seen as theoretical support and lines of action of a new Public Health.
Keywords:
gardening, health, health promotion
Author Biographies
Valentina Pereyra, Universidad de la República. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Departamento de Sociología
Carolina Arbelo, Administración de Servicios de Salud del Estado
Carolina Arbelo: Coordinación de actividades clínicas. Responsable de actividades grupales con pacientes en Policlínica San Antonio, Administración de Servicios de Salud del Estado (ASSE).
Lucía Gadola
Lucía Gadola: Profesora de Yoga. Responsable de actividades grupales de yoga para usuarios de la Policlínica.
Castellano, G., Barrero, G., Pereyra, V., Machado, S., Arbelo, C., & Gadola, L. (2021). Community experience in San Antonio Primary Care Health Service, Canelones, Uruguay: “more than a garden”. Revista Chilena De Salud Pública, 25(1), p. 86–95. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5281.2021.65186
