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Community health agents in primary attention in Brazil: multiplicity of activities and fragilization of training

  • Jania Lurdes Pires Samudio
  • Letícia Carneiro Brant
  • Ana Clara de Freitas Dias Costa Martins
  • Maria Aparecida Vieira
  • Cristina Andrade Sampaio
  • Jania Lurdes Pires Samudio

    Prefeitura de Montes Claros, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

    Letícia Carneiro Brant

    Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

    Ana Clara de Freitas Dias Costa Martins

    Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

    Maria Aparecida Vieira

    Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Departamento de Enfermagem, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

    Cristina Andrade Sampaio

    Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Departamento de Saúde Mental e Saúde Coletiva, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brasil.



Abstract

The study had as objective to avaliate, through an integrative review of the literature, the produced knowledge about the activities carried out by community health agents in Brazil and some other countries. The search of data has included: Journals of Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination Website; Scientific Electronic Library Online; Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature; Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online and US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, and has happened from 2010 to 2014. Of the 240 studies identified, 27 were included in this review. The literature highlights the functions that the Community Health Agents have been promoting in a variety of actions in different geographical and cultural contexts. The Community Health Agent has different insertions in the labor market experiences and the fragilities that come from the communities’ socio-cultural contexts, to the need of greater recognition of the health system and the health staff. Its position, between the community and the health staff, is strategic and contributes to the health of the community. Therefore, it should be given proper training to their performance and access to lifelong education, resources and a greater appreciation of the health staff with the society.

Keywords

community health agents,
primary health care,
public policy,
family health strategy

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