Among the plans of the University Student Federation (FEU) of the University of Medical Sciences of Holguin (UCMHo) during the summer period is the call to enroll in summer courses to train health promoters.
This is a way to encourage young people who are taking health-related studies to commit themselves to the population’s health and contribute to the creation of healthy life habits.
According to Elaine Cruz Cobas, Coordinator of Social Projection in the organization, “as part of the activities organized by the FEU is this summer course aimed at students of the referred university of all years and fields, either Medicine, Stomatology, Nursing or the different Health technologies”, to get trained as health promoters.
“The course is scheduled to take place from August 21 to 25, with the collaboration of the Provincial Department of Health Promotion and Education and the Provincial Center of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology. As part of the course, the participants will receive theoretical and practical training that will enable them to acquire the indispensable knowledge and develop the necessary skills for the promotion of health on topics such as suicide prevention, contraception and teenage pregnancy,” he said.
It is also an important activity of social impact with community interventions that will be carried out from September onwards. This action that seeks to transform environments, change attitudes and be at the forefront in health care in the communities of this northeastern territory responds to one of the agreements of the X Congress of the FEU and the National Council 2023.
This is one of the strategies outlined by the new Secretariat of Social Projection in order to coordinate the work of the social impact movement in the UCMHo and enhance its preparation.
The main purpose is to gain the protagonism and recognition of the FEU in society in order to establish the necessary integration between the organization and the social agents, sectors and institutions, as well as to promote vocational training as a way to contribute to the orientation and professional improvement of the students.
Health promoters currently have many actions to do to influence lifestyles, modify social conditions and achieve a positive impact on individual and collective health.
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