Family and Community Health University Extension Project: FUSM's Commitmen

Abstract

The project "Family and Community Health of San Martín" aims to create an integrative program of  family and community health within the  framework of primary health care, in urban and  rural territories of the regions, where the Faculties of Health Sciences of the San Martín University  Foundation are present, in order to contribute to  community development. in addressing the social  determinants of health. This is done through the  development of curricular actions of the Extension or social projection in articulation with local  communities, students, teachers and other actors  present in the territories and linked to the Health  System; allowing us to contribute to closing gaps  by generating healthier lifestyles.This macro- project of national scope contributes to the  fulfillment of multi-campus academic integration,  to the strengthening of the institutional national  identity and the cultural values that characterize  the institutional presence in the national territory  according to the Institutional Development Plan  Line 2, program 2.2. To this end, the project is  structured in five phases: Phase 1"Contextualization and design" of the program;  Phase 2 "Diagnosis and planning"; Phase 3  "Implementation"; Phase 4 "Monitoring and  evaluation" and Phase 5 "Visibility".Although the  structuring of the first and second phases of the  project is in charge of the Fundación Universitaria  San Martín (FUSM), it is possible that in the later  phases other faculties and national and  international actors will be articulated or added to  the project, including higher education  institutions, NGOs and embassies.