Abstract

GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Georgina et al. Health care as a seed for development: Experience of a like skills and psychosocial barrier reduction based program. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2017, vol.7, n.2, pp.2647-2657. ISSN 2007-4719.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aipprr.2017.06.002.

About 75% of the population of Metlatónoc, Guerrero, México, lives in extreme poverty (ENSANUT, 2012), which increases the probability of having health problems, regarding their hygiene and nutrition. In order to facilitate tools which can allow this population to improve their control over their decisions with respect to their health and disease prevention, a community-based program based on life skills and the Framework for Enabling Intrinsic Empowerment (Pick y Sirkin, 2010) was implemented. Thirty five promoters were trained through an experiential workshop, who replicated it with 4,728 people -mostly women-. To evaluate the program effect, a self-report questionnaire was applied; a longitudinal design (pre, post and follow-up) was used with the promoters and a pre-post with control group with the target population. With both groups, positive statistically significant effects were found in most of the variables: knowledge, attitudes and target behaviors, life skills, psychosocial barriers, personal agency and intrinsic empowerment. Findings are discussed in light of their contribution to diminish the vulnerability of this population, and strengthen their potential for development.

Keywords : Life skills; Psychosocial barriers; Health; Hygiene; Mexico.

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