A soldier’s work: difficulties in the work of community health agents

Authors

  • Viviane Milan Pupin Universidade de São Paulo - FFCLRP
  • Cármen Lúcia Cardoso Universidade de São Paulo - FFCLRP - USP

Keywords:

community health agents, family health program, health psychology.

Abstract

This study analyzes the concepts of Community Health Agents (CHAs) concerning the difficulties of their work, through eleven open interviews performed with CHAs working at Family Health Units in the city of Ribeirão Preto. Through thematic content analysis, the following four themes arouse: ‘relationship with users”, ‘relationship with the team’, ‘lack of rewards’, and ‘living in the surrounding area’. The themes were described and analyzed based on collective health framework. It is emphasized that significant changes in the health practice have been achieved from the insertion of CHAs in the Family Health Program, but it is necessary to rethink characteristics of their work, with the aim to strengthen creativity and value the CHAs’ work in the health team.

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Author Biographies

Viviane Milan Pupin, Universidade de São Paulo - FFCLRP

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto - USP

Cármen Lúcia Cardoso, Universidade de São Paulo - FFCLRP - USP

Professora Doutora do Departamento de Psicologia e Educação da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto - USP

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Published

2011-01-12

How to Cite

Pupin, V. M., & Cardoso, C. L. (2011). A soldier’s work: difficulties in the work of community health agents. Psico, 42(1). Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/revistapsico/article/view/6211

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Vol. 42 No. 1 (2011)

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