KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: A GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE APPROACH FOR HEALTH EDUCATION IN CAUCA

Health education is an expression of state governance towards communities and vice versa. Public health and its dynamics in the department of Cauca are anchored to the ethnic, cultural and social diversity of the region. Issue that complicates the interventions and demands of the institutions and strategies that engage and make synergies with the communities. This article gives an account of an investigation that arises from a pragmatic void from the institutional framework that could not be resolved, harmonized if desired, between health education interventions and community participation. The research exercise was based on a social intervention with peasant (El Tambo), Afro-descendant (Buenos Aires) and indigenous communities (Guambia - Silvia), developed through a qualitative, analytical and proactive approach that describes the design of a methodological guide that contributes to public health governance in the territory. Intervention that has as an interesting element the validation of the institutional knowledge, knowledge, wisdom and practices of the peoples, to build a more equitable society in transition towards territorial peace.