Educação e integralidade na estratégia de saúde da família: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

Introduction: Health Education promotes valuable contribution to the practice offered by the professional user in the scenario of the Family Health Strategy (FHS), since it is responsible for the development of personal autonomy through the creation of bond and accountability. Objective: To analyze the principle of Completeness has guided the development of educational activities of the professionals of the Family Health in the process of providing care. Methods: This is an integrative literature review on the bases: Virtual Health Library (VHL) SciELO and LILACS with the intersection of controlled descriptors (DeCS/ MeSH) "Health Education" ; "Comprehensive Care"; " Health Program family"; "Nursing". Results and Discussion: In the first search 36 articles were identified and, after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 21 of them were selected. In the second step, through the application of the instrument for data collection and critical analysis of articles, 14 were selected. Most articles present educational strategies guided by the transmission of knowledge and traditional methodologies. Limitations relating to the infrastructure of the unit and institutional priorities at the expense of educational activities were identified. Conclusion: the principle of Integrality no guides the development of educational practices in the FHS, and this situation is justified by the parallel development of the labor process the existing laws, which complicates the reaffirmation of the principles and intent of the Unified Health System.