Multiprofessional residency in family health is developed within the Family Health Strategy (FHS) and prioritize training and production of care technologies, thereby qualifying the Brazilian National Health System (SUS). In this setting, nutritionists promote dietary and nutritional actions aimed towards the local epidemiological profile. The aim of this study was to show the conceptions of healthcare professionals regarding nutritionists' performance in the FHS, subsequent to nutritionists' inclusion in the residency program. This was a crosssectional, exploratory, descriptive and analytical study, involving the participation of 13 professionals. The data-gathering technique comprised semi-structured interviews and content analysis. It was shown that the low degree of inclusion of nutritionists in this strategy contributed towards poor understanding of their performance. Nevertheless, their specificity was valued, considering their differentiated view of situations concerning nutrition, thus broadening the possible scenarios for action, especially towards promotion and prevention.Keywords: Nutritionist. Family Health Program. Internship. Residency.
IntroductionThe Unique system of Health (SUS) was instituted after several years of sanitary movement, amid crisis of the health section, with their incongruities, disarticulation and difficulties in rendering reasonable attendance to most of the population. Its origin dates from 1988, after the 8 th National Conference of Health, which originated the text of the Constitution of the same year. Ever since, the effort that principles of universality, justness and decentralization be respected 1 configures element of importance and prominence in the politics of health.However, this system has not been capable, by itself, of putting in practice the guarantees already In some Multiprofessional Residency in Family Health the RD-registered dietician is inserted, opening space to develop their relevant attributions facing the current nutritional profile of the Brazilian population.Currently, several countries, including Brazil, experience fast epidemic and nutritional transition marked by the coexistence of the malnutrition with the increase of the prevalence of the obesity, overweight, malnutrition and high incidence of, not transmissible, chronic diseases 8 , generating overload to Unique Health System (SUS) as they demand great number of actions, procedures and services of health, mainly when they involve chronic diseases 9 .
COMUNICAÇÃO SAÚDE EDUCAÇÃO 2015; 19(53):349-60The nutritional transition associated with the epidemic is closely related to the sedentarism, high consumption of industrialized foods, fast food, less ingestion of fruits, green vegetables and vegetables and high consumption of saturated fats 9,10 .The actions promoting health and prevention of damages are particularly relevant before this phenomenon that brings the inversion in the traditional distribution of the nutritional problems associated to the pattern of determination of diseases attributed t...