Saberes e práticas do agente corn unitário de saúde na atençâo a saüde do trabalhado.
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| Title: | Saberes e práticas do agente corn unitário de saúde na atençâo a saüde do trabalhado. |
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| Alternate Title: | Knowledge and practices of community health agents in workers' healthcare. E.C.O. Saberes y prácticas del agente comunitario de salud en la atención a Ia salud del trabajador. |
| Authors: | Lacerda e Silva, Thais1 thaislacerda@gmail.com, Dias, Elizabeth Costa2, de Otero Ribeiro, Eliana Claudia3 |
| Source: | Interface - Comunicação, Saúde, Educação. jul-set2011, Vol. 15 Issue 38, p859-870. 12p. 2 Charts. |
| Subject Terms: | Public health personnel, Employee medical care, Employee health promotion |
| Geographic Terms: | Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Minas Gerais (Brazil), Brazil |
| Abstract: | Community health agents play a fundamental role in workers comprehensive healthcare through registering and gathering information on the sociodemographic profile of this population and identifying productive activities developed at home and in the vicinity, along with possible risk factors for workers' health. This study was based on competency reference points and sought to understand community health agents' work processes, placing value on their knowhow ahd perceptions of work-health-illness relationships, in order to guide the capacitation processes. It was developed in a city located at metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, and used the card collection technique, which is part of the 'Visualization in Participatory Programmes" method. Actions within the fields of competency of health promotion and organization of healthcare were identified. The results stress the importance of new studies that take into consideration the changes in community health agents' work processes when aiming to developing workers' healthcare actions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Education Research Complete |
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