A ATUAÇÃO DO AGENTE COMUNITÁRIO DE SAÚDE NA PROMOÇÃO DA SAÚDE NO CONTEXTO DA ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA À SAÚDE
A ATUAÇÃO DO AGENTE COMUNITÁRIO DE SAÚDE NA PROMOÇÃO DA SAÚDE NO CONTEXTO DA ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA À SAÚDE
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.8178242605048
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Palavras-chave: Agente comunitário de saúde. Atenção Primária à Saúde. Promoção da saúde. Estratégia Saúde da Família. SUS.
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Keywords: Community health worker. Primary Health Care. Health promotion. Family Health Strategy. Unified Health System.
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Abstract: This article examines the role of the community health worker in promoting health within the context of Primary Health Care, emphasizing their importance in strengthening the link between health services and the community, as well as in developing educational and preventive actions and expanding access to care. This is a qualitative, descriptive study conducted through an integrative literature review. The discussion is based on normative documents of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS), the National Primary Care Policy, and studies investigating the work process of the community health worker in the Family Health Strategy. The analysis demonstrates that this professional functions as a link between the health team and the territory, identifying needs, monitoring families, promoting health education, encouraging preventive practices, and contributing to the development of responses more closely aligned with local realities. Furthermore, challenges related to work overload, weak continuing education, and changes in the work process are identified, without these factors compromising the central relevance of the community health worker in consolidating primary care. It is concluded that the role of the community health worker remains fundamental for health promotion and for the implementation of the principles of comprehensiveness, longitudinality, and community orientation within the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS).
- Maria Augusta Fink Dantas