Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Objective: to report on the contributions of a university extension program to strengthening the understanding of the right to health among a remaining quilombola population located in agreste Alagoas. Methodology: this is a descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, of the experience report type, about an extension action on the right to health of the quilombola population conducted in a multidisciplinary manner by the Right to Health and Unified Health System Extension Project, of the Federal University of Alagoas, Arapiraca Campus. Results: a workshop was held with the participants using problematization dynamics, based on Popular Health Education built on the assumptions of Paulo Freire's pedagogy. The action promoted the empowerment of the participants through the collective construction of notions about the right to health, bringing them closer to social control in health and the municipal/local health councils. In addition, the academics, in their role as facilitators, pointed out the institutional paths that users could follow to ensure that their right to health was realized. Conclusion: actions such as the one carried out are important tools in democratizing access to health, as they provide users with tools to safely and effectively claim their rights. Submitted: 02/28/25| Revision: 04/03/25| Approved: 04/17/25
Institution: Universidade Federal de Alagoas
Language: English
Topic: Public Health in Brazil
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411695534