Educational actions: an action research with Family Health Strategy professionals and users

• Autor(a) principal: Ramos,Carlos Frank Viga
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Silva,Maria Susana Barboza da, Rosa,Anderson da Silva, Santana,Carmen Lúcia Albuquerque de, Tanaka,Luiza Hiromi
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020000500169
• topic: Collective Health; Family Health; Health Education; Community Medicine; Public Health Nursing

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the factors that influence educational actions, and building with professionals and users proposed educational strategies that encourage popular participation. Methods: an action research, in which individual interviews, participant observation and Focus Group were conducted. Sixteen professionals and ten users from 2 Family Health Strategy from Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil participated. The results were organized by using the Thematic Analysis technique. Results: the thematic units emerged: Health education as a strategy that encourages changes in the lives of Family Health Strategyusers; Critical reflection on diagnosis of the causes that interfere in educational actions in the Family Health Strategy and proposition of new strategies; Potentialities that encourage the development of educational practices at Family Heath Units; Proposals for improving educational practices focused on soft health education technology in the dialogue dimension. Conclusions: the analysis showed a lack of community ties and traditional educational strategies. In the action phase, the actors agreed to participatory changes.