CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AGENTS IN THE CITY OF DIAMANTINA - MG

Abstract

Introduction: In order to intervene in the health of the population, a training project was developed for Community Health Agents (ACS) of the Basic Health and Life Unit of the Bom Jesus neighborhood in the city of Diamantina (MG). Methodology: The project lasted ten weeks and consisted of eight training sessions on "The Role of ACS in the Context of the Family Health Strategy", "Aedes Aegypti Transmitted Diseases", "Vaccination Calendar and Interpretation of the Vaccine Card" , "Rational Use of Medications", "Guidelines for Pregnant Women", "Obesity", "Drug Use in Adolescence", and "Stress and Mental Health" with a sample of eight ACS. Qualitative general questionnaires applied in the first and last weeks and subject-specific quantitative were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the training, being a pre-habilitation to evaluate the previous knowledge of the agents and a post-training evaluating the effective learning, applied respectively one week before and one after the training on the themes. Results: The results showed that six qualifications reached the expected benefit (the ACS improved their performance in the questionnaires after training), but two did not. Conclusion: In this way, it was concluded that, in general, the intervention had more positive than negative effects, promoting improvement of the health of the community and preparing the ACS to deal with the topics discussed, as well as improving the teamwork concomitantly with the link with the agents.