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THE ACAI PROJECT AS ACADEMIC PRACTICE ENVIRONMENT IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON

ANA PAULA DOS REIS TEMBÉ 1 ; BEATRIZ CÉZAR SANTANA DOS SANTOS 1 ; BEATRIZ HOLANDA GONÇALVES 1 ; BEATRIZ SAMARA LEMOS E SILVA GUALBERTO 1 ; CAMILA PAULA DE SIQUEIRA MAUÉS 1 ; DANIELA VALE DIAS 1 ; EMANUELY MAGNO DA SILVA 1 ; GABRIELLA PINAGÉ SOARES 1 ; GUILHERME AUGUSTO LIRA RIBEIRO DE ANDRADE 1 ; JOÃO BOSCO LIMA NASCIMENTO JUNIOR 1 ; KAYO SILVA GUSTAVO 1 ; LUIZ RENATO OLIVEIRA LOPES 1 ; MARCELLO JOSÉ FERREIRA SILVA 1 ; NATHALIE ABDALLAH ZAHALAN 1 ; PAULO HENRIQUE BARROS DE LIMA 1 ; RAFAELA DA SILVA MORAES 1 ; RUTE XAVIER AMÉRICO 1 ; YANA CARDOSO DE LIMA 1
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Introduction and Objectives: Late in the 80s, after decades of struggle, Brazil has guaranteed in its constitution the health as a right of all its citizen and a State obligation, which was placed with the purpose to identificate conditions and determinants of health, planning to reduce the risk of injuries and diseases, and execution of promotion, protection and recovery of health. However, training in primary healthcare is still just little addressed in the Brazilian medical schools, which undermines the support base of all creation system. This work seeks to expose the perceptions in public health of medical students who participated in Acai Project, connected to IFMSA Brazil, held at a riverain community of Ponta de Pedras, inside the Amazon. Methodology: The public health activities took place at schools, town squares, street markets and neighborhoods. In addition to chronic diseases, topics such as sexual education and prevention of violence against women were discussed during the two weeks of activities in the heart of the Amazon. Results and Conclusions: The project gave the students an opportunity to interact with people who live besides the Amazon river and to develop new ideas and learn new topics about public health. They learned how to make a difference in the future as professionals by analyzing the public health disparity between urban areas and and the country side. Therefore, by being aware of this disparity and understanding it, they will be one step closer to finding new ways to diminish it and greatly improve public health.