OPINIÓN DE AGENTES COMUNITARIOS DE SALUD SOBRE LA POLÍTICA ESPECÍFICA A LA SALUD MASCULINA

• Autor(a) principal: Brito, Rosineide Santana
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Santos, Danyelle Leonette Araújo, Ferreira, Nathaly Ellen Maria Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Cogitare Enfermagem (Online)
• DOI: 10.5380/ce.v19i1.35959
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/view/35959
• topic: Men’s health; Community health workers; Family Health Program; Public health.; Saúde do homem; Agentes comunitários de saúde; Programa Saúde da Família; Saúde pública.; Salud del hombre; Agentes comunitarios de salud; Programa Salud de la Familia; Salud pública.

This exploratory and descriptive research, with a quantitative approach, aimed to ascertain the opinion of Community Health Workers working in the Family Health Strategy regarding the health policy specific for attending the male population. 64 Community Health Workers participated in the study, who worked in four Primary Health Centers located in the West Health District of the city of Natal in the State of Rio Grande do Norte. The data were collected in July – September 2012 using a questionnaire and were treated using descriptive statistics. It was ascertained that, although some participants showed they did not know about the National Policy for Men’s Integrated Healthcare, the majority expressed positive opinions about it, a fact mainly explained by its preventive and educational character. The knowledge evidenced was shown to be incipient, evidencing the need for the abovementioned policy to be publicized among these primary care professionals, with a view to its attainment in the health services.