Educative practice of community health agents analyzed through the category of praxis

Abstract

Trapé CA, Soares CB. Educative practice of community health agents analyzed through the category of praxis.

Profissionais de saúde no processo de vacinação contra hepatite B em duas unidades básicas de Belo Horizonte: uma avaliação qualitativa

“…Thus, such practices, which are called health education, prove to be grounded on the conservative model, which aims at changing the individual's behavior 17,18 without inclusion in a context and with no professional-user interaction that allows both to construct and reconstruct the meaning of the practices.…”

Educational Group Practices in Primary Care: Interaction Between Professionals, Users and Knowledge

“…Furthermore, it presupposes going beyond a preventive perspective and a directive approach, while expanding toward a constructive praxis based on dialogue development (4)(5)(6) . What one observes, however, is that often the actions carried out by those teams do not move in this direction since they are focused on the transmission of information within a traditional model that is seldom directed at the development of the autonomy of subjects (7) even though initiatives are acknowledged, both on a national and international level, which attempt at breaking away from a traditional educational model in primary care (8)(9)(10)(11) . It is known that the methodological choice for guiding educational practice is based on the concepts of knowledge, education and the subjects that are part of the relationship in educational activity.…”

“…What one observes in the literature available is that such elements remain obscure in the health education field and emphasis is usually placed on teaching strategies (9)(10)12) . Studies designed for educational practices in primary care are often geared to the effects of strategies on a specific event or disease, as well as their respective disorders such as back pain, headache, depression, smoking, and parasites.…”

Training of Community health workers for mental health care in primary care - empowering people to take care of peaple

“…Portanto, investir na qualificação e crescimento desse profissional é responsabilidade dos serviços e das universidades [13][14][15][16][17] . Transpondo essa questão no que diz respeito a capacitação do ACS para atuação no campo da saúde mental, os problemas parecem se agravar, haja vista a carência de conhecimento específico nessa área e as questões que envolvem o estigma da doença mental.…”

“…Transpondo essa questão no que diz respeito a capacitação do ACS para atuação no campo da saúde mental, os problemas parecem se agravar, haja vista a carência de conhecimento específico nessa área e as questões que envolvem o estigma da doença mental. Visto que, a integralidade é um dos pressupostos da ESF, a saúde mental é indispensável no cuidado oferecido aos usuários e profissionais, se configurando em um grande desafio [2][3][4][5][17][18][19][20][21] .…”