Education in health: some thoughts on its implementation by the family health strategy teams

• Autor(a) principal: Santili, Priscila G. Josepetti
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Tonhom, Sílvia Franco da Rocha, Marin, Maria José Sanches
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/6411
• topic: Family Health Strategy; Health Education; Professional Practice; Professional-Patient Relations.; Estratégia Saúde da Família; Educação em Saúde; Exercício Profissional; Relações Profissional-Paciente.

Objective: The aim of this research was to analyze the development of health education by the ESF professional team. Methods: The methodology was qualitative approach with data collection through focus group conducted with four health teams and with one of the city health managers. Content analysis was used, with thematic modality to analyze the content of group meetings. Results: The results pointed that professionals recognize the importance of health education activities, although they indicate some weaknesses in acting according to the principles of the Program due to the fact that the focus of assistance, still is, an individual assistance based on demand and the concept of health education is still limited. It was identified the performance of some health education activities in various scenarios and intersectoral actions were highlighted. Conclusion: It was concluded that there is need for investment in spaces for reflection among professional teams, and shows how powerful tool for possible changes in the health work process.