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Published in: BMC Public Health 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Research article

Individual and collective empowerment and associated factors among Brazilian adults: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Marcia Fatima Soares, Rachel Conceição Ferreira, Camila Alessandra Pazzini, Denise Vieira Travassos, Saul Martins Paiva, Efigênia Ferreira e Ferreira

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

Background

The empowerment embedded in the health area is defined as a process that can facilitate control over the determinants of health of individuals and population as a way to improve health. The aim of this study was to verify the association between individual and collective empowerment with sociodemographic conditions, lifestyle, health conditions and quality of life.

Method

A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted with 1150 individuals (aged 35 to 44 years). The empowerment was determined by questions from the Integrated Questionnaire for the Measurement of Social Capital (IQ-MSC). The quality of life was measured using the WHOQOL (World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref). Lifestyle and health conditions were obtained by adapted questions from the Fantastic Lifestyle Questionnaire The DMFT Index was incorporated in the health conditions questions. Logistic regression or multinomial regression was performed.

Results

The practice of physical activity was related to individual (OR: 2.70) and collective (OR: 1.57) empowerment. Regarding individual empowerment, people with higher education level (5–11 years – OR: 3.46 and ≥12 years – OR: 4.41), who felt more able to deal with stress (OR:3.76), who presented a high score on quality of life (psychological domain) (OR:1.23) and that smoked (OR:1.49) were more likely to feel able to make decisions and participate in community activities. The increase in the DMFT Index represented less chance of individuals to feel more able to make decisions (OR: 0.96). Regarding the collective empowerment, being religious (catholic) (OR: 1.82), do not drink or drink just a little (OR: 1.66 and 2.28, respectively), and increased score of overall quality of life (OR: 1.08) were more likely to report that people cooperate to solve a problem in their community.

Conclusion

The two approaches to empowerment, the individual and collective are connected, and the physical activity showed to be a good strategy for the empowerment construction.
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Metadata
Title
Individual and collective empowerment and associated factors among Brazilian adults: a cross-sectional study
Authors
Marcia Fatima Soares
Rachel Conceição Ferreira
Camila Alessandra Pazzini
Denise Vieira Travassos
Saul Martins Paiva
Efigênia Ferreira e Ferreira
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2113-7

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