A course that helps us in our day to day and also provide us with more knowledge does not have to cost money. Education goes beyond the conventional institutions and is already installed in the councils of many municipalities to provide free training to its citizens. A good example is the School Health Department of Móstoles (Madrid).
Back in 1998 was created the Municipal School of Health in Móstoles. In this town of Madrid, education activities were practiced for health but were converted guidelines and objectives according to the Jakarta Declaration on health promotion in the twenty-first century held in July 1997.
In the 2009-2010 school year, there were taught 15 courses, two workshops and a roundtable for "mostoleños" to learn to eat, sleep, interact with family members and managing stress. Each course is targeted to those population groups who need to know the objectives to be addressed. There are courses for all the general population, but there are also targeting women as the course "Women and Health" or for people over 65 years as a course of "Training of Memory." Even students in local institutes have also attended these training sessions.
Marisa Relaño is one of the health workers who provide these courses.
What type are the groups to which you give that many talks?
Most groups are made up of women over 50 years, that is the largest bulk of the population to which we are headed. As age advances, over 60 or 65 more men come here because they get retired and can better assist to classes in the morning. Then there is another group of young men of the institutes.
Marisa thinks women have always been more interested in the issues of character formation and recognize these kinds of activities, and that men can't always assist in the delivery shifts they are working. However, when these courses are taught in the partnerships, shifts later, the number of women and men is very similar.
Where do you see the interest of students in each course? Do you think you they come to be entertained, to learn more, to meet other people ...?
They mostly come to improve. The first few times they came without knowing o see what they could give, to spend a little time; but now after 10 years of existence of the School, it has run too loud. Now people come because they know that they can improve, that every person can be the protagonist of his life and improve their health. They come to learn and choose. They are no longer blind now choose because others have recommended us.
Each course is scheduled on specific dates that are shared with the brochures, but we can also find information about them on the web.
At first, those who have enrolled in a course can not return to study at another different because it would prevent other interested citizens to enjoy them. But they can ask for permission to enroll in several of the courses that are offered in the School Health. But this has led to demands of some students in some classes. Relaño says that "those who did the course Health Gaining and Positive Emotions" came later to ask for a second course to deepen the level. But we would like to limit the amount of people that we are heading because we have a privileged group and the School claims to reach as many people as possible and from there locate individual resources and the ways to deepen it to move forward. "
What is the course of prior learning?
The course of emotions, not knowing well what it was. They never start from zero level, because you always know something. Also, stress and sexuality workshops, because they came with many concepts or misconceptions. Feeding or menopause does more things to know before going through the course.
How would you explain the methodology?
What is important is that people learn from their own concepts. The first session of presentation and collection of expectations helps us to know what people expect and what they bring. We work on their own concepts, we continue to add new ideas, but we work on what people know. Then we promote the group and it is enriched. Perhaps you do not know something in theory but it is practicing, so we tried that out. It creates a very nice atmosphere in the group with a good climate of complicity and laugh a lot. In these classes we do not take notes. We deliver a dossier to students explaining what is involved in the classroom and to access and read literature. We carry a prepared script because there are things that are essential and should be taught.
Why do you recommend these courses?
Because they are super (laughs). Because people need to know how to be better or have a better health, not only having to go to the doctor is teverything we can do about our health, I can do something to improve myself and my relationships, for better meal to feed me and my family.... I can do something. That's why I recommend it wholeheartedly.
These courses do not support a large number of participants as this would hinder the delivery of these and participation with questions or experiences of the participants. The health workers of this school are just five for the various courses and the demand of citizens is growing.
What do you think the (local) Administration should improve with these workshops?
Well, they should improve the recruiting rules, to let us take at least twice as many people because the demand is great and we, the team, we are five, and no more. Then five to reach the entire population, most high schools, plus exhibitions of Móstoles, the conferences, round tables ... we should get doubled.
And what would the participants improve ?
They improve a lot but they can always be more involved. They could also take a second step which is also to become health workers, what some people actually do. In some associations, such as AFINSYFACRO (Association of fibromyalgia), we took a memory training course, sexuality and emotions workshops and has been a group of three or four people who have set up training sessions for people without this type of training. In some cases they have worked as health workers and that would be the next step.
How do the students leave after this conference?
Surprised. They are accustomed, perhaps, to receive other training. We use very plain language that everyone understands and people leave with the feeling that you can do something.
But not only the students leave with a learning, health workers also learn for free with these courses. Having known these courses and the students who come to them, Marisa Relaño's experience as an instructor leaves a good taste.
What do you like most about the work you do?
What I like is giving me the opportunity to learn from the people. We learn a lot: from what we read, study and continuing education required by the school, but we learn a lot of groups. People teaches you where to go, what to fix, what you have to put more emphasis and work with people is amazingly good.
Health form is not a question of investing large amounts of money but of their own volition and knowledge that can help find resources for it. The solution may be in our own environment.
Back in 1998 was created the Municipal School of Health in Móstoles. In this town of Madrid, education activities were practiced for health but were converted guidelines and objectives according to the Jakarta Declaration on health promotion in the twenty-first century held in July 1997.
In the 2009-2010 school year, there were taught 15 courses, two workshops and a roundtable for "mostoleños" to learn to eat, sleep, interact with family members and managing stress. Each course is targeted to those population groups who need to know the objectives to be addressed. There are courses for all the general population, but there are also targeting women as the course "Women and Health" or for people over 65 years as a course of "Training of Memory." Even students in local institutes have also attended these training sessions.
Marisa Relaño is one of the health workers who provide these courses.
What type are the groups to which you give that many talks?
Most groups are made up of women over 50 years, that is the largest bulk of the population to which we are headed. As age advances, over 60 or 65 more men come here because they get retired and can better assist to classes in the morning. Then there is another group of young men of the institutes.
Marisa thinks women have always been more interested in the issues of character formation and recognize these kinds of activities, and that men can't always assist in the delivery shifts they are working. However, when these courses are taught in the partnerships, shifts later, the number of women and men is very similar.
Where do you see the interest of students in each course? Do you think you they come to be entertained, to learn more, to meet other people ...?
They mostly come to improve. The first few times they came without knowing o see what they could give, to spend a little time; but now after 10 years of existence of the School, it has run too loud. Now people come because they know that they can improve, that every person can be the protagonist of his life and improve their health. They come to learn and choose. They are no longer blind now choose because others have recommended us.
Each course is scheduled on specific dates that are shared with the brochures, but we can also find information about them on the web.
At first, those who have enrolled in a course can not return to study at another different because it would prevent other interested citizens to enjoy them. But they can ask for permission to enroll in several of the courses that are offered in the School Health. But this has led to demands of some students in some classes. Relaño says that "those who did the course Health Gaining and Positive Emotions" came later to ask for a second course to deepen the level. But we would like to limit the amount of people that we are heading because we have a privileged group and the School claims to reach as many people as possible and from there locate individual resources and the ways to deepen it to move forward. "
What is the course of prior learning?
The course of emotions, not knowing well what it was. They never start from zero level, because you always know something. Also, stress and sexuality workshops, because they came with many concepts or misconceptions. Feeding or menopause does more things to know before going through the course.
How would you explain the methodology?
What is important is that people learn from their own concepts. The first session of presentation and collection of expectations helps us to know what people expect and what they bring. We work on their own concepts, we continue to add new ideas, but we work on what people know. Then we promote the group and it is enriched. Perhaps you do not know something in theory but it is practicing, so we tried that out. It creates a very nice atmosphere in the group with a good climate of complicity and laugh a lot. In these classes we do not take notes. We deliver a dossier to students explaining what is involved in the classroom and to access and read literature. We carry a prepared script because there are things that are essential and should be taught.
Why do you recommend these courses?
Because they are super (laughs). Because people need to know how to be better or have a better health, not only having to go to the doctor is teverything we can do about our health, I can do something to improve myself and my relationships, for better meal to feed me and my family.... I can do something. That's why I recommend it wholeheartedly.
These courses do not support a large number of participants as this would hinder the delivery of these and participation with questions or experiences of the participants. The health workers of this school are just five for the various courses and the demand of citizens is growing.
What do you think the (local) Administration should improve with these workshops?
Well, they should improve the recruiting rules, to let us take at least twice as many people because the demand is great and we, the team, we are five, and no more. Then five to reach the entire population, most high schools, plus exhibitions of Móstoles, the conferences, round tables ... we should get doubled.
And what would the participants improve ?
They improve a lot but they can always be more involved. They could also take a second step which is also to become health workers, what some people actually do. In some associations, such as AFINSYFACRO (Association of fibromyalgia), we took a memory training course, sexuality and emotions workshops and has been a group of three or four people who have set up training sessions for people without this type of training. In some cases they have worked as health workers and that would be the next step.
How do the students leave after this conference?
Surprised. They are accustomed, perhaps, to receive other training. We use very plain language that everyone understands and people leave with the feeling that you can do something.
But not only the students leave with a learning, health workers also learn for free with these courses. Having known these courses and the students who come to them, Marisa Relaño's experience as an instructor leaves a good taste.
What do you like most about the work you do?
What I like is giving me the opportunity to learn from the people. We learn a lot: from what we read, study and continuing education required by the school, but we learn a lot of groups. People teaches you where to go, what to fix, what you have to put more emphasis and work with people is amazingly good.
Health form is not a question of investing large amounts of money but of their own volition and knowledge that can help find resources for it. The solution may be in our own environment.
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