Health Gym Program: Operationality, actions and integration

• Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves, Laís Barreto de Brito
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Almeida, Rachel Cardoso de, Oliveira, Tainá Maranhão de, Palácio, Maria Augusta Vasconcelos, Pinto, Antonio Germane 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/8381
• topic: Health Programs; Health Promotion; Integrality in Health.; Planes y Programas de Salud; Promoción de la Salud; Integralidad en Salud.; Programas de Saúde; Promoção da Saúde; Integralidade em Saúde

Objective: To analyze users’, managers’ and health workers’ perception of the operationality of and actions developed in Health Gym facilities and their integration with other facilities within the Healthcare Network (Rede de Atenção à Saúde – RAS). Methods: This qualitative study was carried out in three municipalities located in the Macroregion of Cariri, Ceará State, Brazil. Semi-structured interviews were held with the study participants: 15 users, three health workers and three managers involved in the implementation, monitoring and supervision of the activities held in the facilities between October 2016 and January 2017. Data analysis was based on the methodological and analytical framework based on critical hermeneutics. Results: The Health Gym Program (Programa Academia da Saúde – PAS) has had a positive influence on engagement in physical activity among users and hence led to improvements in health status and quality of life. The findings show the dynamics of the operation and organization of the activities, particularly the advantages and difficulties regarding their operationality, the actions frequently developed, the observed advances in relation to health promotion and quality of life, and the comprehensiveness of the PAS. Conclusion: Users, health workers and managers share the same perception about the improvements in the health status of the population served by Health Gym facilities. Moreover, its operation is considered good despite the difficulties related to the structural, material and input aspects of the facilities in each context analyzed.