Permanent education in relation to Family Health Strategy: a descriptive-exploratory study

ABSTRACT

Study of Permanent Education (PE) in relation to Family Health Strategy (FHS). Issue the existence of conflict between professionals and authors about the concepts of health education processes and the impact of these conflicts on the implementation of PE. Aims: to identify the concept of PE as understood by the multiprofessional FHS team; to experiment with a technology with the group in order to enlarge the concept of PE; to develop a PE experience within FHS. Method: study, descriptive, exploratory, with qualitative approach. Results: the study produced three categories Permanent Education in the daily practice of health services concept understood by professionals the Health Ministry policy. Discussion: the concept of PE became clearer to the majority of the professionals who participated in the intervention. Conclusion: the experiment was significant and gave the possibility for the team to consider and rethink the unit working process...