Highlights
The position is ideal for a person interested in
working with a community health center focus in health promotion and
prevention.
This Health Center has many medical specialties,
but they also give a lot of importance to preventive medicine and the promotion
of health in the neighborhood. The doctors and nurses organize campaigns and
workshops for the community; visit their homes in order to understand the
social and economical root of health issues, and to help more effectively.
Why is this
project important for the community?
This health center has a comprehensive concept of
"health" that goes beyond the biological fact of the illness. Health
is understood as a process affected by various causes, including poverty.
Therefore, doctors work in an interdisciplinary way, as a team, that integrates
the different specialties for better care. Furthermore, they work to promote
community participation in preventing and finding solutions.
Along these lines, the health center works in an
integral way with the neighborhood without leaving aside the context of the
population to which it serves. This perspective seeks to break with the
idea of the doctor as the owner of the truth and tries to demonstrate that
scientific knowledge along with popular knowledge can have a greater impact and
better results.
Among the specialties that the center includes are:
Pediatrics, general medicine, gynecology, obstetrics, odontology, psychology,
social work, nutrition, psychopedagogy, and nursing. They also organize
different workshops and activities for the community.
Availability
The Health center is open from 8 to 17 from Monday
to Friday. It is recommended that volunteers go during the morning, which is
when most of the activities happen, but the same may change and will be agreed
with the Director of the Health Center, Fernando, who will also be their
coordinator in the project.
Location
This health centre is located in Jose Leon Suarez,
on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Its easily accessible through public
transportation (train and buses), about one hour from Buenos Aires downtown. The
first day, you visit the Institution accompanied by the volunteer's general
coordinator so you can know how the get there, to be aware of the facilities
and staff. Then you have a meeting with the director in order to arrange a
precise schedule and activities.
