%0 Journal Article
%T Community intervention in higher education of environmental health Intervencion comunitaria en la educaci車n superior de salud ambiental Interven  o comunit芍ria no ensino superior de sa迆de ambiental
%A Cid芍lia Guia
%A Raquel Rodrigues dos Santos
%A Rog谷rio da Silva Nunes
%J Revista de Salud Ambiental
%D 2012
%I 
%X Currently, in the Bologna context, university teaching methods focus on the student and on a learning experience based on practical methods. Under the guidance of teachers, students in the second year of the first Environmental Health Course at the Polytechnic Institute of Beja have designed and developed the following nine community intervention projects relating to environmental health: dangerous products (mercury); habitability and geriatrics; health education and the environment; drinking water; information and communication in environmental health; efficient use of resources in public buildings; child development in outdoor spaces; and allergenic factors in housing. This pedagogical action takes place over three semesters, corresponding to the three distinct phases: design, implementation and evaluation / dissemination. To ensure the viability of the projects, each group of three students has established partnerships with various entities, such as city and parish councils, hospitals, schools, consumer cooperatives, companies dealing with hazardous waste, the Youth Institute and other commercial enterprises. Although it has not been possible to evaluate the whole project, preliminary results suggest that the planned activities have been very successful, with health benefits for the people involved, through environmental improvements or an increase in empowerment. It was also possible to achieve economic gains and contribute to the conservation of the environment. The students were able to gain skills and knowledge in a teaching model characterized by the absence of lectures in which students, assisted by teachers, take decisions and independent action, simulating a real context of professional practice. This experience suggests that, by utilizing the Bologna method, the polytechnic institutions may improve their real contribution to the health of communities. Actualmente y en el marco del Plan de Bolonia, las actividades docentes universitarias est芍n centradas en el alumno y el aprendizaje basado en m谷todos pr芍cticos. Bajo la preceptiva direcci車n de los profesores, los estudiantes del Curso de Salud Ambiental en el Instituto Polit谷cnico de Beja, han dise ado y puesto en pr芍ctica nueve proyectos de intervenci車n comunitaria en salud ambiental en productos peligrosos (mercurio), habitabilidad y geriatr赤a, educaci車n para la salud y medio ambiente, agua potable, informaci車n y comunicaci車n en salud ambiental, uso eficiente de los recursos en los edificios p迆blicos, desarrollo del ni o en los espacios al aire libre y factores alerg谷nicos en las viviendas. E
%K Bolonia
%K Educaci車n Superior
%K Escuela de Salud Ambiental
%K proyectos
%K intervenci車n comunitaria
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