LASFAC AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE

Introduction and objective: Saúde Integral is a comunity project operated by professors and students at the University of Brasilia. Students from LASFaC-UNB (Academic Family and Community Health at the University of Brasilia) and health professionals, along with volunteers, view transform the community limitations in opportunities to live healthy. The goal is to allocate students in practical scenario with professionals from the Estratégia de Saúde da Família and promote awareness and empowerment to participate in decisions involving the disease process. Methodology: The first step is to approach the community by territorial strategies. The second step, “staying in the field", is the stage of interaction with the subjects, when developing surveys of information and guidelines on visits and house calls. Third, leaving the field gradually. This occurs at the end of each semester. This project takes self on a community called “Sol Nascente”, at Distrito Federal. The project is formed by students and professionals in medicine, psychology, occupational therapy and nursing. Results and conclusion: Noticeable integration of education, service and community. The project allowed community participants to share feelings, to create, and learn differently the health guidelines made available to each attended home, and encourage them as well, to link with the health service. The Saúde Integral project is grounded in a dialogical approach that results in the strengthening of bonds between people through shared learning and reflection principles of our national health system.