FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY TEAM WORK PROCESS – THE PAIDEIA METHOD AS CO-MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR HEALTH CARE

Background and Aim The aim of this study was to implement the Paideia Method as co-management tool in / with a Rio de Janeiro Family Health Strategy (FHS) team. The Paideia Method is used as a co-management tool in health care and work process, based on the Permanent Education in Health (PEH), a methodology that seeks to empower the workers and the health care process in the daily practice, increasing reflections, questionings and changes in the health work process. Methods It was an intervention in the daily practice of the health team, an Intervencionist Project that used descriptive qualitative research thecnics as part of the implementation of the proposal of the Paideia Method under the logic of the PEH, as: field dairy, focal group and narrative. It was analised based on Bardin analysis of thematic content. The participants of the study were: a nurse, a family health doctor, six community agents, and a nursing technician. Results and conclusions Through the implementation of the Paideia Method in team meeting space, some changes happened in their work process: proper place for meeting, increasing professional participation, expansion and organization of the meeting duration, strengthening of professinals ties, stimulate reflection and questioning of everyday issues, enable the exchange of knowledge in addition to the planning and monitoring of activities of the health team. The Paideia Method aim to expand the capacity for reflection and analysis of health workers, as well as producing a less vertical relationship between them to improve the health care process.