As part of a postdoctoral research, this paper describes and analyzes an experience of promotion and education for comprehensive health, carried out by a Community Health Center in a slum of the City of Buenos Aires. This is an exploratory and descriptive study based on qualitative research methodologies in the fieldwork and also to examine the results. A linkage artifact is described and analyzed in the perspective of the dimensions of comprehensive PHC, focusing on the interdisciplinary and intersectoral articulation as key elements of the organization of health care, with the inclusion of the intercultural dimension and community participation. This experience incorporates health promotion activities focused on art, creativity and games, becoming an experience of resistance to the biomedical model of services, with a strong subjective impact on the professionals and the participant community.
Health promotion; Comprehensive PHC; Interculturality; Mental Health; Creativity