Physiotherapeutic health education and prevention strategy for caregivers of the population under protection Estrategia fisioterapéutica de educación y prevención en salud para cuidadoras de población bajo protección

Abstract

Introduction: a caregiver is someone who dedicates their daily work to caring for the development and comprehensive care of a person. Additionally, like any occupation, it is a task that predisposes the presence of risk factors that lead to the acquisition of health events, which makes it important to implement strategic actions focused on the care of the caregiver. Objective: design a care strategy for formal caregivers of people in a protection situation, aimed at health education and primary and secondary prevention of health events. Materials and Method: a technological development study (experimental) was carried out responding to the postulates of the OECD, and Hernández, Fernández and Baptista, focused on the design of a physical activity strategy aimed at women between the ages of 40 and 60. , based on the recognition of the time dedicated to care, load management, frequency of pain, location of pain, recognition of risk factors and perception of health related to their work activity. Results: based on the identification of physical and biomechanical risk factors such as the adoption of incorrect postures and inadequate load management, a strategy was designed consisting of warm-up, conditioning and cool-down activities based on the conceptual supports of labor gymnastics. Conclusions: since care is a recognized job, a therapeutic strategy for health education and prevention was designed, assuming occupational gymnastics as the conceptual center from which to propose physiotherapeutic actions.