Health education practices of poisoning prevention for child in Family Health Strategy

Abstract

Objective: To analyze health education practices developed by health professionals of the Family Health Strategy team in the context of childhood poisoning. Method: Qualitative research, carried out during the months of July and August 2016, with 50 health professionals from nine Family Health Strategy teams of the city of Maringá-Paraná. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and, subsequently, submitted to the thematic content analyses. Results: There were different perceptions and living experiences among uniprofessional or multi-professional members of the team. Those were built by different professional categories that were working with families developing prevention activities about childhood poisoning. Those activities in groups of health education were intended to bring health professionals closer to the Users, through dialogue. Conclusion: Indeed, health education practices were based on the concept of first aids, and adopting a biomedical perspective. A little discussed of poisoning accident prevention during childhood showed that those practices were away from a dialogical health education. resumo Objetivo: Analisar as práticas educativas realizadas por trabalhadores da equipe da Estratégia Saúde da Família no contexto da intoxicação infantil. Método: Pesquisa qualitativa, realizada em julho e agosto de 2016, com 50 trabalhadores de nove equipes da Estratégia Saúde da Família de Maringá-Paraná. Os dados foram coletados por meio de roteiro de entrevistas semiestruturadas e, posteriormente, submetidos à análise de conteúdo temática. Resultados: Interpretou-se que houve diferenças nas percepções e vivências uniprofissionais ou multiprofissionais no trabalho com as famílias e no desenvolvimento de atividades preventivas para intoxicação infantil nas diferentes categorias profissionais. As atividades em grupos de educação em saúde foram vistas como aquelas que mais aproximam o trabalhador de saúde do usuário, por meio do diálogo. Conclusão: As práticas educativas estavam pautadas em conceitos de primeiros socorros, adotando uma perspectiva curativista, e pouco discutiam a prevenção dos acidentes e intoxicações infantis na perspectiva dialógica. Palavras-chave: Saúde da criança; Envenenamento; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Prevenção de acidentes; Educação em saúde; Enfermagem.resumen Objetivo: Analizar las prácticas educativas realizadas por trabajadores del equipo de la Estrategia Salud de la Familia en el contexto de la intoxicación infantil. Método: Investigación cualitativa, realizada en julio y agosto de 2016 con 50 trabajadores de nueve equipos de la Estrategia Salud de la Familia de Maringá-Paraná. Los datos fueron recolectados por medio de un guión de entrevistas semiestructuradas y posteriormente sometidas al análisis de contenido temático. Resultados: Se interpretó que existían diferencias en las percepciones y experiencias uniprofesionales o multiprofesionales para trabajar con las familias y en el desarrollo de actividades preventivas para la intoxicación infantil en las diferentes ca...

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