FAMILY PLANNING: A CHALLENGING SUBJECT IN THE PERMANENT EDUCATION PROCESS OF FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY PROFESSIONALS

Family planning is an important action of health services, and when these services themselves limit access to family planning, the consequences may result in indicators that are unfavorable to the development of the population. This study is a Professional Master’s Degree project, and its subject is Family Planning in Family Health Strategy (FHS). Its goals are: to identify the practical challenges of family planning in the everyday life of FHS professionals; to describe the action of FHS professionals in the coordination of care regarding family planning; to analyze the legislation that directs family planning when faced with the complexity of the demands existing in the territory; and, to build, with FHS professionals, collective strategies of support for the necessities of the sexual and reproductive life of the population in question. This is a descriptive, exploratory study, with a qualitative approach. The background for the research will be a Family Clinic in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The data will be collected by means of participant observation and semi-structured interviews. We will submit the data to a Thematic Analysis of contents. We hope that the research process may facilitate the comprehension of the complexities inherent to the territory in question, starting with a reflection, with the professionals, about the approach of necessities of health and of sexual and reproductive rights, in the context of the legislation that directs family planning practice. Finally, our hope is that this study may contribute to the strengthening of permanent education processes of health professionals.