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INTRODUCTION: Participatory approaches to health often link capacity building as an indispensable process for strengthening the social capital of communities, in order to develop empowerment processes that lead to social transformation at the local level. In Pueblo Rico (Colombia), a capacity-building program in cutaneous leishmaniasis and social skills for community work was implemented with school students, health workers and local leaders. This article seeks to evaluate the implementation, results, and impact of that program. METHODS: Primary data were collected through participant observation, questioners, the development of artistic products, and a focus group. Qualitative data were coded and analyzed through thematic analysis, and the quantitative data were quantitively coded and analyzed. RESULTS: The capacity-building program had positive results in terms of the three aspects evaluated: the pedagogical model's implementation, the learning process, and the impact of the program. Three key elements that contributed to the success of the program were identified: the application of the principles of meaningful learning as a guide for the pedagogical model, the use of Social Innovation in Health case studies to broaden participant's perspective, and the creation of artistic products as facilitators for the appropriation of knowledge. CONCLUSION: Participatory pedagogical models adequate to the context and its participants allow the implementation of effective training programs that develop capacities within the communities. To achieve a significant impact, it is necessary to ensure the continuity and long-term sustainability of capacity building through transfer of knowledge with cooperation between health institutions and the community. In this way, the capacities developed by the community constitute a valuable social capital for achieving transformations within and outside the health field.
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Fortalecimento Institucional , População Rural , Humanos , Colômbia , Aprendizagem , Grupos FocaisRESUMO
León Olivé es considerado uno de los filósofos de la ciencia e investigadores contemporáneos más importantes de México e Iberoamérica. Su pensamiento se distingue por las aportaciones realizadas en ámbitos de investigación como: la epistemología y la filosofía de las ciencias, el análisis de las relaciones interculturales y el estudio de las relaciones entre ciencia, tecnología y sociedad. Recurrió al pluralismo como enfoque epistémico para examinar los contextos multiculturales latinoamericanos donde coexisten conocimientos científico-tecnológicos con conocimientos tradicionales; ello le permitió desarrollar una concepción novedosa de la innovación a través de las Redes Sociales de Innovación (RSI). Sustentado en estos argumentos el presente artículo tiene como objetivo analizar la articulación entre las categorías de Apropiación Social del Conocimiento (ASC) y cultura científico-tecnológica desde la perspectiva epistemológica pluralista de dicho autor. El análisis de documentos constituyó el método principal para la reconstrucción sintética del contenido objeto de estudio.
León Olivé is considered one of the most important contemporary philosophers of science and researchers in Mexico and Latin America. His epistemology is distinguished by the contributions made in research areas such as: epistemology and philosophy of science, the analysis of intercultural relations and the study of the relationship between science, technology and society. He resorted to pluralism as an epistemic approach to examine Latin American multicultural contexts, where scientific-technological knowledge coexists with traditional knowledge; this allowed him to develop a novel conception of innovation through Social Innovation Networks (SIN). Based on these arguments, the aim of this article is to analyze the articulation between the categories of Social Appropriation of Knowledge (ASC) and scientific-technological culture from a pluralist epistemological perspective. Document analysis constituted the main method for the synthetic reconstruction of the content under study.
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In Colombia, prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer for incidence and mortality in men, which turns it into a public health problem. For high-risk communities to better understand the usefulness of basic research about PCa, a strategy of social appropriation of knowledge (SAK) in science and cancer was designed and implemented. A pedagogical activity and two tests (a pre-test and a post-test) were applied to middle education students in four schools in three Colombian cities to identify previous knowledge of biology concepts and cancer perceptions. As for biology concepts, there was a statistically significant increase (p < 0.01) in the total results of all questions in the post-test, especially in items related to the structure of DNA, differences between RNA and DNA, and codon. Similarly, better success rates were observed in questions about replication and mutation, and a statistically significant improvement related to the definition of cancer, cancer prevention, and its association with culture or ethnicity (p < 0.01). The results of the open question show what students learned about or were interested in the most, as evidence of the exchange of knowledge in those cities and the social appropriation of knowledge about PCa in Colombia. These findings show that this type of intervention, in diverse social contexts, is essential to improve understanding and perceptions that link school and scientific knowledge to a real problem, such as health and, in this case, cancer.
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Neoplasias da Próstata , Estudantes , Masculino , Humanos , Colômbia , Cidades , Instituições Acadêmicas , Neoplasias da Próstata/prevenção & controle , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em SaúdeRESUMO
Este artículo, comparte el abordaje metodológico desarrollado por el programa Experiencias Pedagógicas Itinerantes Museo del Agua EPM apoyado por Colciencias y desarrollado por la Fundación Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) y la Universidad EAFIT en Colombia, el cual implementó una estrategia de participación comunitaria centrada en procesos de co-creación, para llevar a comunidades alejadas del territorio antioqueño, opciones paradesarrollar procesos de conocimiento, comprensión y relacionamiento con el recurso agua, basados en información científica y experiencias del Museo del Agua EPM en Colombia.
This article shares the methodological approach developed by the program Experiences Teaching Travelling Public Enterprises of Medellin Water Museum supported by Colciencias and developed by the Public Enterprises of Medellin (EPM) Foundation and EAFIT University in Colombia, which implemented a strategy of focusing on processes of cocreation community participation, in order to take distant communities from the Antioquia territory, options to develop processes of knowledge, understanding, and relationship withwater resource, based on scientific information and experiences of the Public Enterprises of Medellin Water Museum in Colombia.
