Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Social determinants of health and community health agent work
2020; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 54; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/s1980-220x2018031403558
ISSN1980-220X
AutoresDaiane Broch, Deise Lisbôa Riquinho, Letícia Becker Vieira, Adriana Roese Ramos, Vanessa Aparecida Gasparin,
Tópico(s)Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
ResumoAbstract Objective: To understand the social determinants of health from the perspective of the work of community health agents. Method: A qualitative study conducted in a Health District Management in the city of Porto Alegre/Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, through focus groups and semi-structured interviews with community health agents. The analysis took place through thematic categorization, and the social determinants of health were adopted as the analytical category. Results: Twenty-five (25) community health agent workers participated. Overlapping individual and collective themes emerged, from violence and drug trafficking to lack of sanitation, improperly disposed garbage, illiteracy and the health problems themselves. Conclusion: The study revealed a complex relationship between the work of community health agents and the social determinants of health, reinforcing the need for a cohesive health team with intersectoral initiatives to address the different demands of the territories which are worked and lived in.
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