A Educa O Popular Na Aten O B Sica Sa De No Munic Pio

A educação popular na atenção básica à saúde no município: em busca da integralidade Paulette Cavalcanti de Albuquerque1 Eduardo Navarro Stotz 2 Interface - Comunic., Saúde, Educ., v.8, n.15, p.259-74, mar/ago 2004 1 Médica sanitarista da Prefeitura do Recife, Gerente do Distrito Sanitário III, PE. 2 Pesquisador, Departamento de Endemias, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública/Fiocruz, RJ. ALBUQUERQUE, P. C.; STOTZ, E. N. Popular education in primary care: in search of comprehensive health care, Interface - Comunic., Saúde, Educ., v.8, n.15, p.259-74, mar/ago 2004. This paper presents a review of the literature on health education experiences in services as well as a documental analysis of this theme. Discussion is based on popular health education and its potential contribution to comprehensive primary health care. The way in which health education is promoted in health services and the difficulties encountered in fulfilling its role of contributing towards the construction of comprehensive primary health care is of central concern. Health actions are understood as educational actions. Thus, the health team and the patients learn and teach, in a dialogical construction of knowledge. Individual care is also discussed in this paper, insofar as the health professional’s posture in relation to popular knowledge concerning health care and his respect for the patient’s attempt to find the best therapeutic is at issue. As a result of the review of the literature, a systematic compilation of health educational programs and activities, which may be integrated into a program of popular health education for the municipalities, is proposed. KEY WORDS: Health education; primary health care; health system; health services; health education. Trata-se de um artigo de revisão bibliográfica e análise documental sobre as experiências de educação em saúde nos serviços, baseadas na educação popular em saúde e do seu potencial em desenvolver a integralidade das ações no âmbito da atenção