TY - JOUR
T1 - Health Promotion in Debate
T2 - The Role of Women Leaders in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
AU - Rogéria de Andrade Nunes, Nilza
AU - Rocha, Dais
AU - Rodriguez, Andréa
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), number 408786/2018-3, and Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Edital E_33/2021 – Programa Jovem Cientista do Nosso Estado number 268327.
Copyright:
© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2023/5/23
Y1 - 2023/5/23
N2 - This study aimed to discuss the actions of women leaders in favelas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, regarding the health promotion of people residing in territories affected by urban violence and inequalities. The understanding of SDH is not unequivocal and challenges us to expand our practices in health promotion and equity. A mixed-methods study was conducted with 200 women living in 169 favelas of Rio de Janeiro between 2018 and 2022. Questionnaires and semi-structured face-to-face interviews followed by thematic analysis were conducted. The analysis focused on the socio-demographic profile, community activism, and health promotion strategies undertaken by these groups, expanding knowledge on the experiences of these leaders in confronting social injustices. Results showed that participants performed health promotion actions by strengthening popular participation and human rights, creating environments favorable to health, and developing personal skills towards social participation in policy design through mobilizing health services and third-sector organizations. With the limited presence of government public agents in these spaces, these women assumed roles as managers of local demands, and, by means of resistance, intersectionality, and solidarity, they transformed this micro-power into the potential for social transformation.
AB - This study aimed to discuss the actions of women leaders in favelas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, regarding the health promotion of people residing in territories affected by urban violence and inequalities. The understanding of SDH is not unequivocal and challenges us to expand our practices in health promotion and equity. A mixed-methods study was conducted with 200 women living in 169 favelas of Rio de Janeiro between 2018 and 2022. Questionnaires and semi-structured face-to-face interviews followed by thematic analysis were conducted. The analysis focused on the socio-demographic profile, community activism, and health promotion strategies undertaken by these groups, expanding knowledge on the experiences of these leaders in confronting social injustices. Results showed that participants performed health promotion actions by strengthening popular participation and human rights, creating environments favorable to health, and developing personal skills towards social participation in policy design through mobilizing health services and third-sector organizations. With the limited presence of government public agents in these spaces, these women assumed roles as managers of local demands, and, by means of resistance, intersectionality, and solidarity, they transformed this micro-power into the potential for social transformation.
KW - women leaders
KW - favela
KW - health promotion
KW - participatory methodology
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph20115926
DO - 10.3390/ijerph20115926
M3 - Article
SN - 1660-4601
VL - 20
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 11
M1 - 5926
ER -