POPULAR HEALTH EDUCATION: MEANING OF EXPERIENCE IN TRAINING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS

• Autor(a) principal: Meneses , Michele Neves
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Rocha, Cristianne Maria Famer, Buenabad , Elizabeth Martínez, Toassi, Ramona Fernanda Ceriotti
• Tipo de documento: preprint
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: SciELO Preprints
• Texto Completo: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/4830
• topic: agentes comunitários de saúde; educação popular; capacitação de recursos humanos em saúde; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Sistema Único de Saúde; community health workers; popular education; health human resource training; Primary Health Care; Unified Health System; agentes de salud de la comunidad; educación popular; capacitación de recursos humanos en salud; Atención Primaria de Salud; Sistema Único de Salud

This case study brings results of qualitative research whose objective was to analyze the meaning of the experience of training the Community Health Workers (CHW) in the Qualification Program in Popular Education in Health (EdPopSUS), one of the priority strategies of the operational plan of the National Policy of Popular Education for the Unified Health System. The production of information included document analysis (didactic material of the Program, letter of expectations and final letter of CHW) and semi-structured interviews with CHW (n=17), health and course managers (n=4). The textual material produced was interpreted by content analysis, in light of the theoretical framework of Popular Education. The results showed that EdPopSUS encouraged reflection, dialogue and affection, enhancing the creativity and autonomy of CHW, in an educational space of self-knowledge and interaction with their experienced world. The CHW 's personal and professional experiences were valued, qualifying their communication with the team-community-families, listening skills and conducting collective educational activities. Field trips and conversation circles were highlighted as potentialities of this training. Challenges were identified in the implementation of the principles of Popular Education in the work of Primary Health Care. The experience strengthened the role of CHW as a change agent and popular educator. In this sense, Popular Health Education was reinforced in this research as a pedagogical-social practice that strengthens people, movements, teams, care practices and the health system. Educational processes based on Popular Education are recommended in the permanent education of health teams.