Knowledge and opinion about the SUS (Unified Health System) - undergraduate students of a Pharmacy Course
INTRODUCTION: There is still the stigma attached to their use of the Unified Health System by the higher classes of society, which may reflect the lack of knowledge about their social function. In addition, there is still a low occurrence of studies in Brazil that assess the association between opinion and knowledge, and social class; especially university students of the Pharmacy course. GOAL: To map the knowledge and opinion about the Unified Health System (SUS) and its association with social class among undergraduate students at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of São Paulo. RESEARCH STRATEGY: A cross-sectional study was conducted, through the application of an online form, with students from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of São Paulo (FCF-USP) from May to August 2021. A descriptive analysis of the data was performed and then a multiple linear regression was conducted to assess the association of independent variables with higher scores on the SUS. RESULTS: 106 responses considered valid were analyzed, which were segmented into “About what is a Health System”; “What is the Brazilian Unified Health System about”; “On SUS concepts and theories”; “On the experience in the SUS” and “On the migration of the population from Supplementary Health to the SUS (Unified Health System) during the pandemic”
CONCLUSION: The results obtained reinforce the low theoretical and historical knowledge about the SUS among undergraduate students; making clear the need for changes in education, aiming at the interests of the population and training competent professionals able to be inserted in the pharmaceutical scope of the Unified Health System.
Knowledge and opinion about the SUS (Unified Health System) - undergraduate students of a Pharmacy Course
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.15924322010810
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Palavras-chave: Unified Health System, Pharmacy, students, knowledge, opinion.
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Keywords: Unified Health System, Pharmacy, students, knowledge, opinion.
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Abstract:
INTRODUCTION: There is still the stigma attached to their use of the Unified Health System by the higher classes of society, which may reflect the lack of knowledge about their social function. In addition, there is still a low occurrence of studies in Brazil that assess the association between opinion and knowledge, and social class; especially university students of the Pharmacy course. GOAL: To map the knowledge and opinion about the Unified Health System (SUS) and its association with social class among undergraduate students at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of São Paulo. RESEARCH STRATEGY: A cross-sectional study was conducted, through the application of an online form, with students from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of São Paulo (FCF-USP) from May to August 2021. A descriptive analysis of the data was performed and then a multiple linear regression was conducted to assess the association of independent variables with higher scores on the SUS. RESULTS: 106 responses considered valid were analyzed, which were segmented into “About what is a Health System”; “What is the Brazilian Unified Health System about”; “On SUS concepts and theories”; “On the experience in the SUS” and “On the migration of the population from Supplementary Health to the SUS (Unified Health System) during the pandemic”
CONCLUSION: The results obtained reinforce the low theoretical and historical knowledge about the SUS among undergraduate students; making clear the need for changes in education, aiming at the interests of the population and training competent professionals able to be inserted in the pharmaceutical scope of the Unified Health System.
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Número de páginas: 15
- Gustavo Magno Baldin Tiguman
- Amanda Jobstaibizer Mulinari
- Maria Aparecida Nicoletti
