DRAMATIZATION IN TEAM MEETINGS: A STRATEGY FOR THE QUALIFICATION OF DOMICILIARY VISITS BY COMMUNITY HEALTH AGENTS

Introduction and Objective The Community Health Agent (CHA) is the main link between the community and the Primary Care Health Unit. Requirements for a CHA are: reside in the area where his or her activities will be performed for at least two years, to be literate, older than eighteen years old and have time availability. The CHA develops preventive and health promotion activities, through Domiciliary Visits (DVs) and educative actions, in households and in the community, under the supervision and monitoring of the nurse or doctor. The qualification of the CHA is performed by the Family Health Team gradually and permanently. This work aims to disseminate a successful experience of qualifying DVs of the CHA of a Family Clinic, in the Alto da Boa Vista neighborhood, in the Rio de Janeiro city. Method Use of dramatization of pre-established demographic profiles, during team meetings, as strategy of qualification of the DVs performed by the CHA. The main profiles were: children, women of childbearing age, pregnant and postpartum women, adults with chronic diseases and highly vulnerable families. Results and Conclusions It was possible to identify strengths and weaknesses of the DVs approach of the Florest Team. This occurred both through the eyes of the technical team and of the CHA who did not participate in the dramatizations. Thus, a basic script with the essential points of each kind of DV was constructed, contributing to better practice and record of health activities performed by those professionals.