Silva, José Adailton daAraújo, Juliana Iscarlaty Freire deMedeiros, Marília Rute de SoutoSouza, Talita Araújo deSilva, Ilisdayne Thallita Soares da2024-01-222024-01-222021ARAUO, Juliana Iscarlaty Freire de; MEDEIROS, Marília Rute de Souto; SOUZA, Talita Araújo de; SILVA, Ilisdayne Thallita Soares da; SILVA, José Adailton da. Grupo estratégico de promoção da saúde como dispositivo de cuidado a pessoas que vivem com diabetes mellitus. Research, Society and Development, v. 10, p. e52810414436-10, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i4.14436. Disponivel em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/14436. Acesso em: 05 dez. 2023https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/57341This study aims to analyze the experiences of subjects who live with diabetes and who participated in a group with defined strategies, in relation to disease control and exercise of personal autonomy. This is a participatory study, with a qualitative approach, supported by reflexivity, where the meetings held gave rise to narratives that were organized in thematic axes and analyzed. The work showed that the group assumesthe characteristic of a support network, and a facilitating agent for living with the syndrome, where the premise of exchanging experiences contributes significantly to the process of transforming the other, reflecting on the process of co-construction ofpersonal autonomy, and consequently improving the quality of life of the subjects involved. It can be concluded that group practices as a health promotion device, they enable a positive impact on people's quality of life, development of autonomy and self-careAttribution 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/Autonomia pessoalDiabetes mellitusPromoção da saúdePersonal autonomyarticlehttps://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i4.14436