Trabalho, Educação e Saúde - TES (Work, Education and Health) is an open access scientific journal, edited by the Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health, from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.
This article discusses the process of building a health education proposal for prenatal care for pregnant women and health professionals based on the theoretical framework of Paulo Freire. A qualitative study supported on the research-action methodology was carried out in a basic health unit in the municipality of Vitória, capital of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, 2014. Data were collected through participant observation with the audio recording of the meetings. The material was analyzed simultaneously, and at each meeting the partial results were submitted to the evaluation of the participants, who again discussed and reflected on the conclusions reached. Such evaluations enabled the preparation of a final report on the process with the proposition of reality transformation actions. The results showed that pregnant women and health professionals contributed differently and complementarily in the choice of topics for education on prenatal care, highlighting the importance of the interaction between servers and users in the construction of educational projects based on dialogue. Also highlighted were organizational and structural issues in health services that made it difficult to carry out the activities, causing the need for reflections-actions involving Unified Health System managers and administrators, so that education becomes a priority.
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