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THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EDUCATION AND FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY KNOWLEDGE IN A PERIPHERAL COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF FORTALEZA-CE

CAIO AUGUSTO DE CARVALHO LEMOS 1 ; CLARA MARIA COELHO DE CARVALHO 2 ; DANIEL ARAÚJO KRAMER DE MESQUITA 2 ; DAVID CAVALCANTE DE PINHO 2 ; DEBORA PONGITORI GIFONI 1 ; GUSTAVO CAVALCANTE MACEDO 2 ; JOÃO LUIZ SILVA DE LIMA 1 ; JOÃO VICENTE AUGUSTO AGUIAR 1 ; JOSÉ LEONARDO DA SILVEIRA MORAIS 2 ; JOSÉ MEMÓRIA TAUMATURGO NETO 1 ; KELLY LEITE MAIA DE MESSIAS 2 ; LUCAS GUIMARÃES GRASSIOLI 1 ; LUIZE BEZERRA FONSECA DA MOTA 1 ; MATEUS ALVES MELQUIADES DE LIMA 1 ; MATHEUS FACÓ JESUÍNO SIMÔES 2 ; NADIA NOGUEIRA GOMES 2 ; PATRICIA SAMPAIO PADILHA 3 ; PAULO ROMEU HOLANDA PRACIANO 2
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Intoduction/Objectives: The Brazilian communities started to be assisted by the Family Health Strategy (FHS) seeking to improve the quality of life in the logic of fulfillment of the principles of the Unified Health System (SUS): Universality, Integrality and Equity. In the context of knowledge and use of this health care system, the study presents the existence of a conscious notion about the service that it reaches, as well as their actual performance while health service provider to verify the existence of an association between the level of education of individuals and the knowledge of the FHS. Methods: Hereupon, it was performed a cross-sectional study in a primary health care unit of SUS with registered users of this Health Unit. It was used a sample of 413 users, among the user population of this FHS during the period from February to May 2014 in Fortaleza-CE. It was found that most individuals have not finished elementary school and do not know the FHS. Although the majority claim to know the Community Health Agent, they are unaware of the Health Team. Results/conclusion: In order to seek the association between educational level and knowledge of the FHS, there was no existing relation to the level of statistical significance. It was concluded that education and knowledge about FHS are not variables that can be related, but it is necessary to develop improvements in the quality of information on the FHS to further reach population and that education can represent a key component in information access.