Medical Information and Health Promotion for the Elderly: The First Steps of a Comparative Program

This article describes a program of health promotion that trains healthy old people aged 50 to 76 years. The experience is based on collaboration among social researchers, an association of elderly volunteers and some medical teams. At the same time, a traditional method was used to give medical information to the elderly. The two programs are compared and their achievements evaluated. The principal characteristic of the research is the constant monitoring and assessment of the interventions. The aim is to demonstrate the utility of the educational approach.