Community Health Agents and child health care: implications for continuing education

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the main situations faced by community health agents in relation to children's health in the light of permanent education actions. Method: This is a research of qualitative approach, which used the Arc of Maguerez. Ten community health agents from a Primary Hea...

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Main Authors: Caroline Lopes Vieira (Author), Valentina Barbosa da Silva (Author), Elen Petean Parmejiani (Author), Daniela Ferreira Borba Cavalcante (Author), Maria Helena do Nascimento Souza (Author), Marluci Andrade Conceição Stipp (Author)
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Published: SciELO, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the main situations faced by community health agents in relation to children's health in the light of permanent education actions. Method: This is a research of qualitative approach, which used the Arc of Maguerez. Ten community health agents from a Primary Health Care Unit participated in the study. The following steps were addressed: observation of reality; identification of key points, and theorization. The speeches were recorded, transcribed, and their textual content was processed in the IRAMUTEQ software, using the Descending Hierarchical Classification. Results: Five classes were formed, which composed three thematic blocks named as follows: child's social vulnerability in the territory; handling the child's health record, and vaccination schedule. Conclusion: Unveiling situations that influence the work of community health agents is essential for continuing education, as this favors assumptions applicable to daily work with resoluteness in child health.
Item Description:1980-220X
10.1590/1980-220x-reeusp-2021-0544