Oral health care: the knowledge and work of the community health agent
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Resumo: | Introduction: With the reorganization of oral health policy in 2004, the community health agent is regarded as a facilitator of oral health practices in her area.Objective: To identify knowledge and practice of community health agents in oral health care.Material and method: This is a qualitative study, based on the theory of social representations, and the data were collected through semi-structured interviews, using the collective subject discourse as the technique of tabulation and analysis of data. The sample consisted of 11 interviews, delimited by saturation. Data collection was conducted during the period April-June 2010, in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul.Result: The results indicate that respondents understand what oral health is, realize the impact of oral health on overall health, guide the community regarding oral health carein their work practices, operate and provide care in the basic health unit, but have not been trained to act as instructors.Conclusion: The community health workers have knowledge of common sense oral health, acquired through their own life experiences and observation of the world, but show some uncertainty due to lack of training.This points to the need for investment in ongoing education for these professionals so that they can continuously assist the population in the process of empowerment of knowledge about health. |
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Oral health care: the knowledge and work of the community health agentCommunity health workersoral healthhealth promotionIntroduction: With the reorganization of oral health policy in 2004, the community health agent is regarded as a facilitator of oral health practices in her area.Objective: To identify knowledge and practice of community health agents in oral health care.Material and method: This is a qualitative study, based on the theory of social representations, and the data were collected through semi-structured interviews, using the collective subject discourse as the technique of tabulation and analysis of data. The sample consisted of 11 interviews, delimited by saturation. Data collection was conducted during the period April-June 2010, in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul.Result: The results indicate that respondents understand what oral health is, realize the impact of oral health on overall health, guide the community regarding oral health carein their work practices, operate and provide care in the basic health unit, but have not been trained to act as instructors.Conclusion: The community health workers have knowledge of common sense oral health, acquired through their own life experiences and observation of the world, but show some uncertainty due to lack of training.This points to the need for investment in ongoing education for these professionals so that they can continuously assist the population in the process of empowerment of knowledge about health.Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho2014-04-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-25772014000200124Revista de Odontologia da UNESP v.43 n.2 2014reponame:Revista de Odontologia da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESP10.1590/rou.2014.014info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessVenancio,Elizandra de QueirozPaula,Elza Maria de Queiroz Venancio deReis,Cássia Barbosaeng2015-09-24T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1807-25772014000200124Revistahttps://www.revodontolunesp.com.br/PUBhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||adriana@foar.unesp.br1807-25770101-1774opendoar:2015-09-24T00:00Revista de Odontologia da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Oral health care: the knowledge and work of the community health agent |
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Oral health care: the knowledge and work of the community health agent |
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Oral health care: the knowledge and work of the community health agent Venancio,Elizandra de Queiroz Community health workers oral health health promotion |
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Oral health care: the knowledge and work of the community health agent |
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Oral health care: the knowledge and work of the community health agent |
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Oral health care: the knowledge and work of the community health agent |
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Oral health care: the knowledge and work of the community health agent |
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Oral health care: the knowledge and work of the community health agent |
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Venancio,Elizandra de Queiroz |
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Venancio,Elizandra de Queiroz Paula,Elza Maria de Queiroz Venancio de Reis,Cássia Barbosa |
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Paula,Elza Maria de Queiroz Venancio de Reis,Cássia Barbosa |
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Venancio,Elizandra de Queiroz Paula,Elza Maria de Queiroz Venancio de Reis,Cássia Barbosa |
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Community health workers oral health health promotion |
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Community health workers oral health health promotion |
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Introduction: With the reorganization of oral health policy in 2004, the community health agent is regarded as a facilitator of oral health practices in her area.Objective: To identify knowledge and practice of community health agents in oral health care.Material and method: This is a qualitative study, based on the theory of social representations, and the data were collected through semi-structured interviews, using the collective subject discourse as the technique of tabulation and analysis of data. The sample consisted of 11 interviews, delimited by saturation. Data collection was conducted during the period April-June 2010, in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul.Result: The results indicate that respondents understand what oral health is, realize the impact of oral health on overall health, guide the community regarding oral health carein their work practices, operate and provide care in the basic health unit, but have not been trained to act as instructors.Conclusion: The community health workers have knowledge of common sense oral health, acquired through their own life experiences and observation of the world, but show some uncertainty due to lack of training.This points to the need for investment in ongoing education for these professionals so that they can continuously assist the population in the process of empowerment of knowledge about health. |
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