Formato para la elaboración del informe final de investigación séptima convocatoria interna de proyectos –FODEIN-2014. La actividad física en la atención primaria en salud

Abstract

The research project titled Physical activity in Primary Care which has the general objective to understand the interaction between professionals working in the planning, implementation, evaluation and administration of programs of physical activity (PA) in Primary Healt Care (PHC) is established under the interagency agreement

between the Corporation Universitaria Iberoamericana and The University Santo Tomas. For the development of this research project we involved two-phase; the first one was to conduct a search of data in the scientific literature on the subject in question; the research was conducted in eight databases based on the methodology proposed by Machado about systematic reviews exploratory in order to establish some conceptual contributions, and research trends on programs focus on health issues is involved the physical activity as central processes health promotion and disease prevention. As a result of this process a matrix determined investigative approaches that have been developed worldwide and responds to public policies on the issue of health promotion and disease prevention is performed. In the second phase we applied semi-structured interviews were conducted with members professionals of the officers of District Physical Activity considering the results obtained to categorizedof publications in order to know how they are managing physical activity within PHC and professionals who are in charge and develop actions; further comprise their knowledge and conceptions are the PA in the field of PCH because these actors are those involved in the development of strategies that promote recreation, physical activity and sport become necessary tools for social mobilization creating scenarios in which alternatives and strategies where physical activity is the tool to achieve a quality of life in the city are managed.