“The community health agent in the vision of the multiprofessional team.” / "O agente comunitário de saúde na visão da equipe multiprofissional"

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

This study was conducted within the five Family Health units, called Family Health Nucleus, from Health School Center of the University of São Paulo- Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine. We tried to figure out how members of family health teams perceived the role of the community’s health agent within their teams. This is a qualitative research. The data were collected through half-structuralized interviews with all doctors, nurses, and nursing assistants who had worked at the studied units for more than two years. We identified the units by “themes” through a content analysis. Results highlighted several different views about the agent’s role within the team. Most professionals see the agent as an “actor” who could make relationships between the professional team and the community easier, thus serving as a link between these two distinct universes. However, others think that, the fact that the agents live in the same community where they work might create situations that, instead of easing the team’s job, could mean an additional problem. Professionals also reported experiences on the workplace (which we translated as “difficulties”) that should be reviewed for the success of the Family Health Program. Through this study we could understand the agents were important within the Program, but they will not promote changes alone, unless all the professionals involved were committed to the success of the activities comprising the Program, which requires behavior changes, a challenge to be overcome.

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community health agent family health trabalho em equipe saúde da família team work agente comunitário de saúde

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