INTERVENTION PROJECT: QUALIFICATION SYSTEMATIC OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AGENTS

Intervention project : systematic qualification of community health agents Descriptor: Education continuing; community health workers; health care Introduction As manager of the Family Health Strategy at the Municipal Health Center Aunt Alice, located in Rio de Janeiro, I realize that lack of technical training of community health workers (CHW) impacts negatively on health care because it lacks subsidies for understanding the work process, the importance of monitoring and an enlarged view. Goals - General goal Perform the skills of community health workers CMS Aunt Alice, through a systematic continuing education program, held in the unit. - Specific goal Expand the theoretical knowledge of ACS‘s. Offer practical training of ACS‘s to detect risks and vulnerability in the population. Methods The intervention project targets 18 public accessible CMS Aunt Alice, will be implemented in six months, time needed for all steps are implemented. During the intervention will be considered Attention Notebooks Basic and the community health worker manual that will guide health actions in order to increase knowledge of ACS‘s to health care. Results and conclusions The intervention project will allow the systematization of continuing education of community workers, who are part of the health strategy team family without technical training, thus expected to enhance understanding of ACS‘s regarding health care. Undoubtedly this will bring positive impact on quality of care. The benefits will be enjoyed by all stakeholders, professionals and users, bringing them further.