O agente comunitário de saúde: formação, inserção e práticas / Community health agents: training, involvement, and practices
Cad. saúde pública
; 24(6): 1304-1313, jun. 2008.
Article
in Portuguese
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| ID: lil-484187
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RESUMO
O objetivo desse estudo é identificar as contribuições que o curso de formação de agente comunitário de saúde oferecido pela Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil nos anos de 2001 a 2003, para a avaliação que esses fazem da sua inserção no território, bem como apontar o impacto que teve na sua prática profissional. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa em saúde, sendo utilizada a técnica de grupo focal, e para a análise dos dados empíricos utilizamos a análise de conteúdo temática. A formação do agente comunitário de saúde tinha por objetivo inserir um profissional capaz de refletir e intervir sobre sua realidade. O Programa Saúde da Família - Paidéia incluiu o agente comunitário de saúde no sistema de saúde, para reordenar as ações trabalhadas nas unidades básicas de saúde e consolidar o modelo de saúde implantado. Constatamos que a formação possibilitou que o agente comunitário de saúde assumisse o papel de sujeito educativo produzindo um conhecimento emancipatório, estimulando a reflexão e a capacidade de análise crítica, incluindo a prática diária como um dos determinantes de seu aprendizado, na busca de solucionar problemas na comunidade.
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to identify contributions by the training course for community health agents provided by the Municipal Health Secretariat in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, from 2001 to 2003, to evaluate their assessment concerning its role in the community, and to identify its impact on their professional practice. This was a qualitative health study using the focus group technique, and the empirical data were analyzed with thematic content analysis. Training of community health agents aimed to include a professional capable of reflecting on and intervening in the local reality. The Family Health Program - Paidéia included community health agents in the health system to help reorganize the activities in the primary health care units and consolidate the model. The training allowed community health agents to act as educational protagonists, producing emancipative knowledge and encouraging reflection and the capacity for critical analysis, including daily practice as a key determinant of their learning process in the search for solutions to the community's problems.
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Collection:
International databases
Health context:
SDG3 - Target 3.7 Universal access to health services related to reproductive and sexual health
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SDG3 - Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health
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SDG3 - Target 3C: Increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce
Health problem:
Family Planning and Infertility Services
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Delivery Arrangements
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Authority and Accountability for Healthcare Workers
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Family Health
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Community Health Workers
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Community Health Services
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Delivery of Health Care
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Health Occupations
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Evaluation study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Aspects:
Social determinants of health
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Cad. saúde pública
Journal subject:
Public Health
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Toxicology
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas/BR
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas/BR