Nurse’s educational work in the Family Health Strategy in the 10th regional health of paraná
The aim of this study was to understand the nurses’ perception about the educational work developed in the Family Health Strategy (FHS), in the scope of the 10th Regional Health of the State ofParaná. This is a descriptive exploratory study, with qualitative research approved by the Ethics Committee...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
2011-04-01
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Series: | Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria |
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Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/2515 |
Summary: | The aim of this study was to understand the nurses’ perception about the educational work developed in the Family Health Strategy (FHS), in the scope of the 10th Regional Health of the State ofParaná. This is a descriptive exploratory study, with qualitative research approved by the Ethics Committee of theUniversityofMaringá(659/2009). The data were collected from 20 nurses that work in the FHS through semistructured interviews, during the month of April 2010 and submitted to the categorical content analysis (Bardin). The results show that nurses understand the concept of health education and recognize its relevance, especially concerning to primary health care, however, the educational actions achieved by them are still below the recommended by the FHS and, mostly, tied to the traditional model of health education. They are faced several obstacles in the realization of educational practice due to the unawareness of pedagogical trends and lack of systematization on the actions that lead the make educative of nurses. Besides these obstacles, the nurses face several difficulties in the health education development referent to users, to members of the multi-professional team, to managers and to insufficiency of physical, material and financial resources. Therefore, it was emphasized the need to clarify better the objectives of the FHS related with the health education for professionals working in this care model, establishing a process of training and continuing education, besides develop means to systematize the health education since the professional formation. Thus, health education must not be considerate just as another activity to be achieved at FHS, but as a practice that sustain and reorients all primary care, aim to promote the health of individuals, families and community |
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ISSN: | 2179-7692 2179-7692 |