Inclusion and work process of the physical educator of primary health care in hypertensive assistance

Abstract

The insertion of the Physical Education Professional (PEF) in Primary Health Care (PHC) collaborates for the reorganization of health services that now have a profession that adds physical activity from the perspective of prevention and health promotion. Physical activity has been consolidating itself as a non-pharmacological means in the prevention and treatment of diseases, especially arterial hypertension, favoring the reduction of State expenses with treatment and complications resulting from the worsening of health problems, as well as increasing the quality of life of those assisted. The recognition of Physical Education as a health profession is recent, having occurred in the late 1990s with the publication of Resolution Nº 218 of March 6, 1997, by the National Health Council. However, it was only from 2008 onwards, with the creation of the Family Health Support Center (NASF), that the PEF became legal to compose the teams that make up the health services, having the opportunity to contribute to the Unified System of health. From this perspective, this study aims to understand the process of inclusion of the Physical Educator in Primary Health Care and its importance in improving the health conditions of hypertensive patients assisted by the Family Health Strategy of Diamantina. This is a literature review study, with a search for articles in the databases of Portal de Periódico Capes and Google Scholar, considering the Portuguese language and a periodical window between the years 2004 to 2021. carried out with a Primary Health Care Professional. Despite the benefits of including PEF in health services, this has been a slow process, requiring professionals in the area to seek training to be able to occupy the opportunities offered, certainly increasing the health promotion process of the population assisted by the APS.