Endemic diseases combat agent and the family health team work process

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Marcelo Marques
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Castro, Gisélia Gonçalves de, Figueiredo, Glória Lúcia Alves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/4512
• topic: Primary Health Care; Health Promotion; Family Health Strategy.; Atención Primaria de Salud; Promoción de la Salud; Estrategia de Salud Familiar.; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Promoção da Saúde; Estratégia Saúde da Família.

Objective: To identify the activities of Endemic Diseases Combat Agents (Agentes de Combate às Endemias - ACE) in the work process of the Family Health Teams (FHT), from the reports of their activities Methods: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study, with 57 ACEs who work in conjunction with the FHTs in Patos de Minas, MG, and answered a selfadministered questionnaire with closed and open questions, in February 2012. Results: The majority were female (n=46, 81%), between 31 and 40 years old (n=24, 42%), less than six years working as agents, each accounting for 800 households on average, performing 31 daily visits, and who had not attended the Introductory Training Course. In the staff meetings, although they felt integrated into the FHTs, over 50% have failed to provide the information obtained, nor the needs of families. Conclusion: Most ACEs feel integrated into the family health teams but the absence of the introductory course, prior to starting work on the program, seemed to contribute to the lack of information regarding the work process in the Family Health Strategy (FHS). It was evidenced that the information and knowledge of the families’ reality, which are seized by the ACEs during home visits or informally, have little appreciation on the part of the family health team. Despite that, they report that their work with the families stood out for bringing benefits to the community.