The work of physical education professionals on primary health care

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Joel Carlos Valcanaia
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Ferreira, Joel Saraiva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Caderno de Educação Física e Esporte
• Texto Completo: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/cadernoedfisica/article/view/17558
• topic: Exercício; Sistema Único de Saúde; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Promoção da Saúde.; Exercise; Unified Health System; Primary Health Care

The goal of this study was to analyze the sociodemographic and economical characteristics of the physical education professionals working with Primary Health Care in the municipality of Campo Grande - MS. The data were initially collected with the management of municipal department of health, in order to identify the distribution of professionals in the municipal health network and, later, with the Primary Health Care professionals themselves. In order to obtain the information from the professionals, it was used a self-applicable questionnaire devised specifically for this study. The results showed that 61% of the physical education professionals functionally linked to the municipal department of public health of Campo Grande-MS worked with primary care, which represented a coverage of approximately 30% of supply of physical activities on that level of health care. The evaluated professionals presented a sociodemographic profile with a majority of males (54%), prevalently married (82%), in the age group between 30 and 39 years old (73%), with a monthly income of up to three minimum wages (73%), with a full licentiateship in Physical Education (54%), concluded over 10 years ago (82%), mostly in private higher education institutions (73%), with public service tender (91%), with a 40-hour workweek (91%), working with primary care for over three years (82%). It was concluded that the sociodemographic and economical characteristics showed that the Physical Education professionals have functional tenure, with experience in the area of work and training in line with the intervention context.