Public policies and health education in extension projects at the university

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Karoline Costa de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Costa, Lucas Pereira da, Barreto, Normeíza Márcia Fonseca, Siqueira , Alice Alves Martins Gomes, Souza, Sineide Santos de, Rocha , Esron Soares Carvalho, Silva, Nair Chase da, Pina , Rizioléia Marina Pinheiro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/14379
• topic: Política pública; Educação em saúde; Relações comunidade-instituição; Universidades; Mudança social; Ensino.; Políticas públicas; Educación para la salud; Relaciones comunidad-institucionales; Universidades; Cambio social; Ensenãnza.; Public policy; Health education; Community-institutional relations; Universities; Social change; Teaching.

Objective: To characterize Health Extension Projects at a university in the northern region of Brazil, establishing relations between Public Policies and Health Education. Methods: Exploratory descriptive research with a qualitative approach with Bardin Content Analysis. The final reports of the Curricular Extension Actions (ACE) of the Physical Education, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Medicine and Dentistry courses, performed in the years 2016 and 2017, were analyzed, using an instrument containing questions related to the characterization of the project, activities that included Public Policies and Health Education. Results: The speeches of the community served were listed in categories that best represented the impacts of extension actions related to Public Policies and Health Education. Extension was pointed out as a tool to transform habits in the community and improve student learning. Conclusion: The actions contemplated the implementation of public health policies through health education with reach in the community. However, it is necessary to promote health to populations in situations of vulnerability with a wider reach of social groups.