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A centralidade da pessoa na intervenção em nutrição e saúde

HEALTH care institutions have experienced a great technological advance, last 50 years. The Human Factor space has been increased in the research centers and in the public policies in this area. Managing peoples demands two important factors: lived experience and the people's freedom in the choice processes. Under extreme poverty and malnutrition condition, peoples can experience feelings of solitude, impotence, fatalism, the failure of their ideals, physical and psychological weakness, and others. Health policies have to consider these conditions and, at same time, afirm the desire of liberty and happiness in all the people. Recent scientific researches have been showed the straight link between happiness and physical health. So, successful health policies should to consider their own meaning to the life and happiness of the peoples.

Malnutrition; Poverty; People; Lived experience; Health policies


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