Potentialities of the resilience approach to health promotion

Abstract

Health promotion as an alternative for psychosocial intervention demands the continuous review of the aspects that distinguish its structure and dynamics. It is about contributing to the improvement of the process by taking advantage of the potentialities of psychological categories to generate positive effects in the health-behavior relationship that corresponds to the health-disease continuum. From this perspective, the work presented aims to argue the contributions of resilience to health promotion, taking as a starting point the aspects that distinguish the intervention in this context. General notions about psychological and psychosocial intervention in health are addressed, as well as fundamental references on promotion, which set guidelines to make visible the need and importance of incorporating into the interventional process a salutogenic approach that emphasizes protective mechanisms and resources that favor adaptability and personal growth. Similarly, considerations are presented about the resilience construct, characteristics and contributions derived from its inclusion in interventional and promotion processes, which highlight its relevance for the evaluation of the risk that ensures protection, the promotion of social resources, the development of skills personal and learning and promoting individual potentialities.