Programa Academia Carioca

Antonio Francisco de Oliveira: Participant on Academia Carioca Program I am 68 years old. I've been going to the Academia Carioca Program for 2 years now. I used to take a lot of pills, 10 a day, for example. Now I take just one. My blood pressure used to be 17/11. Now it is 13, 14, 12 at maximum. Now I fell healthier and I am in the mood of doing anything, to walk, to work. All because of this Academia here. I have a lot of love to give. To her there, to my girlfriend here... To the other one here, the other one there, everyone. Junia Cardoso: Adviser for Physical Activity and Coordinator of Academia Carioca Program The Academia Carioca Program is an expanded concept of promoting physical activity. But it is not limited only to physical exercises on equipments. It regards any kind of physical activity that promotes health, prevents diseases and complications associated to them. It is a strategy to help the human development through physical activities that result in healthier life habits to the population. Carlos Alexandre Mariano:Physical Education Professional With the support given by Academia Carioca Program, we are able to get out of these walls and we can do other articulations in the areas and promote health and bring physical activity so that the people are able to understand the importance that regular physical activity has for life quality. Ricardo Manoel de Almeida:Physical Education Professional The hiking group is part Academia Carioca Program implanted in our region in 26 unities. This activity counts mainly with the help of community health agents, I have one on my side, Janderson, responsible for a hiking group that nowadays has more than 100 members. He does this work with an incredible dedication. The results are priceless. People comment on how they are feeling regarding high blood pressure, diabetes, decrease of the blood glucose levels, weight loss, through the health multiplying agents. Jamerson Carvalho: Community Health Agents I find the partnership between the community agents and the physical education professional of Academia Carioca Program very interesting because they enabled us to do this job. Dra Maria Cândida Assunção: Family Doctor I consider this: Academia Carioca Program is part of the Family's Clinic. I can't see one thing separated from the other. Dr Vinícius: Family doctor - And now, due to the physical activity, the blood pressure levels dropped even more. - Decreased even! Academia Carioca Program working inside the Family's Clinic makes a huge difference. Professor José Augusto de Oliveira: Head of the Academia Carioca Program instructors We have a differential that is evaluating all the information generated by the individuals that practice the physical activity. We have information regarding blood pressure, diabetes and general physical state. All this information is followed up and evaluated. Catarina Braga: Physical Education Professional Every month we have a worksheet where pupil's data is updated, with the medication information, if they take medication or not, the quantity, dosage. That will create arguments, create bookmarks, which will generate the future expansion of investments, which will be held at the Academia Carioca Program. The Academia Carioca Program, here we try to communicate more with other people too. When I finish with that equipment, someone else comes and I go to the other and so it goes. Vera Lúcia da Silva: Participant on Academia Carioca Program I am very satisfied because I am seeing the results. Dra Maria Cândida: Family Doctor Mrs. Vera came here in a wheelchair, before having the stroke, she had a very active life: she was mother, wife and housewife. She used to do everything. Suddenly she saw herself unable to do anything. We started her treatment with the help of the physiotherapist and the physiotherapy. - Hi, Mrs. Vera, how are you doing? - Fine and you? - Everything'sperfect! - Youmay come in. - Excuse me. And so she started to move herself again, to talk again. Ana Carolina Feitosa :Physiotherapist We are doing this visit to Mrs. Vera and we are sure that the fact of sending her to the Academia Carioca Program was a success. It has been contributing more and more to her treatment. And she is feeling the way she wanted to feel: useful, independent, socializing herself, making new friendships inside a Health Unity. Ediléia da Silva Gomes: Participant on Academia Carioca Program We have our vegetable-garden, which we are trying to idealize in every ways as a phytotherapic treatment. All participants of Academia Carioca Program are taking part in it, helping not only in the garden but in all kinds of tasks. We are a group, we are a family. We want to be like this. The Family's Clinic is here for this. Sirlene de Oliveira Pinho: Participant on Academia Carioca Program After I started coming here, doing the exercises, I haven't only reduced my weight -- because I had problems to walk, I was obese, very obese -- but I also had success because I reduced the quantity of medication I take. Edson Madeira Silva: Physical Education Professional To give you a perspective, she used to take insulin 3 times a day. Nowadays, she doesn't need insulin anymore. According to medical advice, she doesn't need insulin anymore. According to medical advice, she doesn't need insulin anymore. Her blood pressure also decreased a lot and she reduced her medication. It seems that her prescription was cut in half. Some medications she doesn't even take anymore. The greatest work I have here in the Academia Carioca Program is this: bringing the community in. One brings the other, the friend, the family. The other part of this work is training the physical education professionals who are not used to work or develop physical activity in the public health system. The idea is to train them how they will develop this work. Which results are expected, establishing goals they have to try to achieve during the activities. Cecília Corrêa Nicocelli: Physical Education Professional You can also do activities outside the grounds Family's Clinic. The doctors indicate which Family's Clinic patients need to do exercises but don't have availability to go to the units. In these cases we do house visits alongside with the doctors, the community agents and the nurses, changing the life of that patient that's been bedridden for a long time... ...that can't walk out of the house for many reasons. The simple exercise at home changes it. Daniel Soranz Undersecretary for Primary Care, Surveillance and Health Promotion The Reform of Primary Care System in the city of Rio de Janeiro begins in 2009 when the municipality of Rio only had 3% of family health coverage. It was the worst percentage of primary health care coverage between Brazil's capitals. In 2013 we have reached 40% of coverage and our plan is to reach 70% by 2016. The major goal is to change the mindset of a purely medical assistance to a more global health care, In which Academia Carioca Program comes to aggregate knowledge and new physical habits, taking care of every little detail that makes a difference in people's life. The Academia Carioca Program started in 2009 with only 3 units. In 2014 we have already 80 units, With a total of 54.000 participants. 92% of them have reduced their medication, 9,1% stopped their medication, 96% reduced their body weight, 97% have controled their blood pressure And 91% have controled their glycemia. So the results are very meaningful, they have a great impact on the Public Health Care System. And they were achieved through a single strategy: the practice of physical exercise with regularity and with physical education professional orientation.