POPULAR HEALTH EDUCATION

MEANING OF EXPERIENCE IN TRAINING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS

Authors

  • Michele Neves Meneses Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
  • Cristianne Maria Famer Rocha Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
  • Elizabeth Martínez Buenabad Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
  • Ramona Fernanda Ceriotti Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Keywords:

community health workers, popular education, health human resource training, Primary Health Care, Unified Health System

Abstract

This case study brings results of qualitative research whose objective was to analyze the meaning of the experience of training the Community Health Workers (CHW) in the Qualification Program in Popular Education in Health (EdPopSUS), one of the priority strategies of the operational plan of the National Policy of Popular Education for the Unified Health System. The production of information included document analysis (didactic material of the Program, letter of expectations and final letter of CHW) and semi-structured interviews with CHW (n=17), health and course managers (n=4). The textual material produced was interpreted by content analysis, in light of the theoretical framework of Popular Education. The results showed that EdPopSUS encouraged reflection, dialogue and affection, enhancing the creativity and autonomy of CHW, in an educational space of self-knowledge and interaction with their experienced world. The CHW 's personal and professional experiences were valued, qualifying their communication with the team-community-families, listening skills and conducting collective educational activities. Field trips and conversation circles were highlighted as potentialities of this training. Challenges were identified in the implementation of the principles of Popular Education in the work of Primary Health Care. The experience strengthened the role of CHW as a change agent and popular educator. In this sense, Popular Health Education was reinforced in this research as a pedagogical-social practice that strengthens people, movements, teams, care practices and the health system. Educational processes based on Popular Education are recommended in the permanent education of health teams.

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Author Biographies

Michele Neves Meneses , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Enfermeira na Prefeitura Municipal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Articulação Nacional de Movimentos e Práticas em Educação Popular e Saúde – ANEPS/MOPS. Educadora Popular em Saúde. Especialista em Abordagem Multidisciplinar em Dependência Química. Especialista em Educação Permanente em Saúde. Especialista em Vigilância Ambiental em Saúde. Especialista em Gestão em Saúde Pública. Mestra pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino na Saúde – Mestrado Profissional da Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).

Cristianne Maria Famer Rocha, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação. Departamento de Saúde Coletiva da Escola de Enfermagem. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).

Elizabeth Martínez Buenabad , Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Professora investigadora de tempo completo em el Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades “Alfonso Vélez Pliego”, de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México. Coordenadora de la Maestría en Antropología Sociocultural.

Ramona Fernanda Ceriotti, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Doutora em Educação. Programa de Pós-Graduação Ensino na Saúde da Faculdade de Medicina. Departamento de Odontologia Preventiva e Social da Faculdade de Odontologia. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).

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Published

2024-10-25

How to Cite

Meneses , M. N., Rocha, C. M. F., Buenabad , E. M. ., & Ramona Fernanda Ceriotti. (2024). POPULAR HEALTH EDUCATION: MEANING OF EXPERIENCE IN TRAINING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. Educação Em Revista, 40(40). Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/edrevista/article/view/41446

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Vol. 40

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