Abstract
RESUMO Objetivo: verificar o conhecimento dos agentes comunitários de saúde quanto aos agravos fonoaudiológicos, investigando orientações realizadas. Métodos: estudo transversal com Agentes Comunitários de Saúde (ACS) atuantes nos Centros de Saúde (CS) do distrito sanitário Leste do município de Florianópolis, SC. Os ACS responderam a um questionário com caracterização sociodemográfica e conhecimento quanto a agravos fonoaudiológicos, por meio de questionamentos quanto às orientações realizadas em visitas referentes à promoção da saúde nos diferentes ciclos de vida. Foi realizada uma análise estatística descritiva no programa STATA 11.0. Resultados: foram entrevistados 55 ACS, com idade média de 44,56 anos, a maioria do sexo feminino (98,18%) e ensino médio (80%). Dentre os principais marcadores de saúde dos CS encontrou-se a Hipertensão arterial e a diabetes caracterizadas como doenças crônicas não transmissíveis. As orientações relacionadas à promoção da saúde materno infantil relatadas pelos ACS envolviam mais conhecimentos quanto aos agravos fonoaudiológicos em comparação com orientações a respeito da promoção da saúde da criança e do idoso. Conclusão: o estudo revelou que existe conhecimento por parte dos ACS com relação aos agravos fonoaudiológicos, já que são incorporados nas orientações realizadas pelos mesmos, porém este pode ser entendido como limitado. Considerando-se que o ACS é o principal elo entre a comunidade e a equipe de saúde torna-se essencial incorporar estes conhecimentos ao saber deste profissional como forma de efetivar as ações promoção e prevenção de saúde, configurando a integralidade do cuidado em saúde.
Highlights
The expanded concept of health involves “a complete state of well-being, biopsychosocial balance and not merely the absence of disease or illness” [our translation] and was established at the international conference on primary health care in 1978 1.Under this influence, Brazil’s Constitution of 1988 was a milestone in the field of public health in the country because it influenced the consolidation of the Unified Health System (SUS)
The Community Health Agents (CHAs) did not participate in the survey when they were on vacation or on a sick leave, or when they were not found in the health centers after three attempts of contact for participation in the research
The Eastern Health District is composed of nine Health Centers with 67 CHAs, and 55 of them participated in the survey
Summary
The expanded concept of health involves “a complete state of well-being, biopsychosocial balance and not merely the absence of disease or illness” [our translation] and was established at the international conference on primary health care in 1978 1.Under this influence, Brazil’s Constitution of 1988 was a milestone in the field of public health in the country because it influenced the consolidation of the Unified Health System (SUS). The expanded concept of health involves “a complete state of well-being, biopsychosocial balance and not merely the absence of disease or illness” [our translation] and was established at the international conference on primary health care in 1978 1. As a consequence of the positive results of this program, in 1994, the Family Health Program (PSF) - called the Family Health Strategy (ESF) - was established This is a health care model, based on a health surveillance paradigm that seeks to articulate the measures of the programs with sectoral and cross-sectoral policies. This model is aimed at improving the population’s quality of life by strengthening the link between health care providers and the local community[4,5]. A multidisciplinary team is expected, consisting of doctors, nurses, nursing assistants or patient care technicians, community health workers and dentists
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