Extension proposal for health education with the elderly

Introduction: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease with a recognized socioeconomic component, being much more frequent in underdeveloped countries. Objective: Undertake an extension strategy for education in food health. Methodology: A concurrent research was carried out in two stages, four times the theoretical and empirical research methods were used. The validity of the proposal was endorsed by consulting specialists. Results: An extension strategy for the training of people was developed, in which health education and conceived not at the university level as a process. A strategy articulates spaces for dissemination and dissemination of knowledge about tuberculosis and two spaces for teaching and learning. The proposed strategy was endorsed by 35 university professors from Cuba and Brazil, who will confirm its validity. Conclusions: A proposed extension strategy will promote interaction and active participation of two involved, or that in turn will generate a social commitment to tuberculosis and its prevention, will allow an increase in the perception of risk and, in addition , to awareness of a great number of people on or after contracting a pandemic older than humanity.