Socialization group: perception of elders in a primary health care unit

Abstract

This is an exploratory, descriptive and qualitative study, aimed at evaluating the perception of elders who participate in a Socialization Group (SG) conducted in a Primary Health Care Unit (UBS) located in a rural community of the city of Patrocínio, MG, Brazil in the countryside of the Minas Gerais state. The group exists since the first semester of 2016, and data collection took place from April to May 2017, in the UBS. Five women were interviewed, all of which were participants of the SG since it started and aged from 60 to 79 years old. The analysis was conducted using the Discourse of the Collective Subject (DCS). The central ideas found were: good; communication; patience; socialization; learning and distraction; very important. The importance of the SG with elders in the Primary Health Care was made clear, as it was considered: a space for socialization, of listening, developing new skills, the creation of a healthy environment, a means to promote health and prevent diseases and health problems, a ludic place, an improvement of relationships, tolerance, and establishment of bonds.