Conscientização, sensibilização e prática do Programa Saúde na Escola em Betim, Minas Gerais

Abstract

Betim is a city located in Greater Belo Horizonte, with a population of 406,474. 99.27% of its inhabitants live in the urban area. The number of children attending school and youth that have finished High School has increased. Today there are 45,612 students enrolled in the public municipal schools. There are 62 family health teams in Betim, covering 81% of the municipality area. Since 2010 the city has participated in the School Health Program (Programa de Saúde Escolar - PSE). The program goal is to provide holistic training for students through activities that foster healthcare and prevention, improving the life quality of the Brazilian population. Among other actions, the PSE activities strengthen the combat against health vulnerabilities, through clinical and nutritional assessment and healthy foods. Even though this program has been carried out for some time, there is still the need to raise awareness of health and education professionals on the program practices. The main focus of this work is the need to improve the involvement of health and education professions in the PSE. Therefore, the goal is to propose an intervention plan to improve the involvement of health and education professionals in the PSE. In order to do that, bibliographic research at SciELO was carried out, with the school health descriptors and the following qualifiers: child development, healthy behavior, eating habits, tracking programs. The plan was based on the Situational Strategic Plan, with the identification of the problems and their critical bottlenecks, and the generation of successful action proposals in the students evaluation. Based on that, the action plan has the objective of working on data and training professionals involved in the PSE. From a successful and efficient action of the PSE family health team, it will be possible that not only the students, but also their families, have access to new ideas about food, physical activities, and healthcare. Then it will be possible to have a healthier population, with adequate and healthy eating habits and, as a consequence, individuals less vulnerable to the risks of non transmissible diseases.