Guia de orientações para visita domiciliar realizada pelo agente comunitário de saúde

Abstract

The elaboration of Guidelines for home visits conducted by Community Health Agents( ACS) is being guided by the need of systematize the information obtained by the ACS, as well as to standardize the orientation they give to the users in the various kinds of situations experienced. The objective of this paper was to conduct a literature review to support the elaboration of these guidelines for the home visit to be carried out by community health workers. The databases used were: Lilacs (Literature Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences), ScIELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), publications and manuals of the Ministry of Health and the State Department of Health of Minas Gerais.The review showed that the work done by ACS during the home visits is very important, because the information harvested helps and directs the actions of the health team and feeds the information system, which becomes crucial for the success or failure of the entire working team. The ACS must be prepared to monitor and guide the families as well as the community. He is considered a link between the Community and the health team and also a cultural liaison, which strengthens the educational work, by joining two distinct cultural worlds: the scientific knowledge and popular knowledge. The prospect with the use of these guidelines is that the team will obtain appropriate information on the families and this will help to outline a more user-centered care, since the data collected by the ACS brings a contextualized reality, allowing the fulfillment of an important role in the consolidation of Family Health Strategy.