 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Teresa Rios, CHW, Oregon Community Health Workers Association, Oregon Community Health Workers Association, 9000 N. Lombard Street--2nd Floor, Portland, OR 97203, 503-988-3366x28686, teresa.c.rios@co.multnomah.or.us, Elena Schwolsky, RN, MPH, Community Health Worker Project at Hunter College, Hunter College, 425 E. 25th St., Box 591, New York, NY 10010, and Sergio E Matos, BS, Community Health Worker Project at Hunter College, Hunter College/CUNY, 425 East 25th Street, Box 616, New York, NY 10010.
Popular Education is a highly effective strategy for sharing information, building skills, and developing leadership. Originally created for literacy instruction by Brazilian Paulo Freire, Popular Education has since been adapted for use in health promotion and many other fields. Popular Education is based on the premise that, whether we are farmworkers, doctors, waitresses or lawyers, we all know a lot as a result of our life experience. Therefore, educators should always start with what people already know and build on it. In a health promotion context, Popular Education helps people identify the root causes of ill health and develop solutions. In this interactive workshop, participants will become familiar with the underlying philosophy of Popular Education and learn to use key Popular Education methods, such as brainstorming, sociodramas (social skits), cooperative learning, role plays, and dinámicas (educational games).
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Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.