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ACADEMIA CARIOCA PROGRAM: INTERSECTORAL PARTNERSHIPS TO WIDEN CLINIC STRENGTHENING THROUGH PROMOTIONAL HEALTH ACTIONS. (SMS-RJ)

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Introduction: The Family Health Strategy – FHS, accordingly with the Promotional National Health Politics, stimulates the doing of intersectoral practices as a way to strengthen the Widen Clinic’s actions. The Academia Carioca Program implemented by the Municipal Secretariat of Health of Rio de Janeiro in 2009 develops its activities linked to the Health Units, forming an access point to the FHS through regular physical activity guided by a physical education professional in the territory. Goal: Get to know the health team’s perception related to the partnerships performed in Municipal Center Professor Masao Goto’s territory (AP 51), Zona Oeste (West Zone). Method: To data collection, were listed all partnerships performed between January to December of 2015 associated to unsystematic observation and team professionals’ discourse analysis. Results and conclusion: On the mentioned period, 17 partnerships were established with 3.990 people integrated on 22 actions performed in the territory. All intermediated by The Academia Carioca Program physical education professional. Therefore, comparing 2015 with the previous year, the participation on the Program increased 30% and consequently the association to the actions offered by the Health Unit also increased as well as the services fluency improves (less absence to health appointments, accomplishment of medical exams and growing co-responsibility with the professionals). Conclude that the perception was considered relevant prior its potential to the social and health development. The Academia Carioca Program, linked to the Health Unit was considered strategic for the achievement of intersectoriality and the strengthening of the family and community medicine practices.