Abstract

PEREZ CARDENAS, Clara  and  FERNANDEZ BENITEZ, Odalis de la Caridad. Evaluation of a program of educative family intervention. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2005, vol.21, n.1-2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3038.

An educative intervention strategy in large families from the health area of "Mario Escalona Reguera" polyclinic, Alamar, Habana del Este municipality, Havana City, is presented. It was applied to a group composed of representatives of each of the families that had been previously identified and selected from the family cards of the family physician's offices of a Working Basic Group of this health institution. The real learning needs of the participants concerning the family functioning were determined. It made possible to design a tailored-made Intervention Program that was developed by sessions in which the progress, effectiveness and impact were evaluated on the basis of the participative group communication method. It was attained a reduction of the learning needs connected with family functioning and the vital cycle that allows the incorporation of the knowledge obtained in the working sessions to the dynamics of the families involved, a better preparation of the families and a positive modification of their diagnoses of family functionality determined by the Test of Perception of Family Functioning (FF-SIL). The progress of the program was considered positive and interesting, according to the PNI technique (positive, negative, interesting), and the participants always showed an elevated emotional state and good disposition to take part. Its effectiveness was proved by comparing the results on applying the instrument and the technique selected to this end. Its impact was also positive among the participants and the members of the families that expressed their expectations of the improvement of their life as a family group.

Keywords : Family; psychology; intervention.

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