Health Promotion in Primary Care: Michel Foucault’s Genealogy to Analyse Changes in Practices

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This chapter aimed to present the methodological path of research that attempted to analyse Health Promotion in Primary Care based on Foucauldian theorisations. We described the characteristics of Michel Foucault’s genealogical method and the techniques employed in the research. At the end of the study, we concluded that Health Promotion activities in the studied setting derive from the possibilities generated by different, discontinuous, historical events. We identified a heterogeneous field in which different knowledge and practices coexist. We highlighted the practices aligned with a neoliberal discourse where individuals and communities must be solely responsible for their health. On the other hand, resistance resides in the activities inscribed in the Social Determination of Health, where Health Promotion was understood as an effort involving different actors to build better living conditions in the communities.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Porto Alegre currently has 1.4 million inhabitants. It is the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, geographically located further south of Brazil, bordering Uruguay and Argentina. It has 11.29 million inhabitants, and its economy is based on farming and industrial production (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Eestatística, 2020).

  2. 2.

    NASFs were established in 2008 in Brazil. They are multi-disciplinary health teams that aim to provide matrix support to Primary Health Care teams (BRASIL, 2008).

  3. 3.

    Street clinic teams were established in 2011 in Brazil. They are multi-disciplinary health teams that exclusively serve the homeless population (BRASIL, 2011a).

  4. 4.

    CAPS were established in 2002 in Brazil. They aim exclusively to provide comprehensive care to mentally distressed people (BRASIL, 2011b).

  5. 5.

    Community Health Workers (ACS) are professionals who make up PHC teams in Brazil. They do not have specific training in the health care area, and the requirement for their function is to live in the community within their PHC team. They should establish a link between the health team and the community, strengthening the link between health education actions among peers.

  6. 6.

    The research results and their respective analyses can be fully accessed in the first author’s doctoral thesis, available in the theses repository of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Mattioni, 2021).

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Mattioni, F.C., Rocha, C.M.F. (2023). Health Promotion in Primary Care: Michel Foucault’s Genealogy to Analyse Changes in Practices. In: Jourdan, D., Potvin, L. (eds) Global Handbook of Health Promotion Research, Vol. 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20401-2_7

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