Avaliação do conhecimento sobre Vigilância em Saúde entre os profissionais do Sistema Único de Saúde, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais / Knowledge assessment on Health Surveillance among professionals of the Unified Health System, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais
Entre os participantes do ciclo, 266 responderam completamente o questionário. Destes, 160 (60,2%) possuíam ensino superior completo, e 106 (39,8%) nível fundamental, médio ou técnico. Para todas as variáveis, não houve diferença significativa tanto em relação ao conhecimento dos profissionais de nível superior e não superior, bem como quanto ao tempo de serviço no SUS. Independentemente da formação, em média o conhecimento foi considerado insuficiente em 15 (88,2%) variáveis.
Conclusões:
Estes resultados nos remetem a duas problemáticas recorrentes no SUSfalha na integração da VS aos serviços de atenção básica a saúde e necessidade de educação permanente efetiva durante a carreira profissional. Esta situação afeta sobremaneira o desenvolvimento de ações de VS, visto que os serviços, sobretudo de atenção básica, compreendem um espaço ideal para sua execução. (AU)
to verify the level of knowledge of UHS professionals in the city of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, in regard to HS.
Methods:
The professionals were asked during the Municipal Cycle Surveillance and Primary Health Care, a course that had as its main objective the integration of HS and the Primary Health Care of municipality. Questionnaires were used containing 17 variables on HS. A Likert scale was used to assess knowledge. The length of service in the UHS and the number of years attending school was related to knowledge.
Results:
Among the participants of the course, 266 answered the questionnaire completely. Of these, 160 (60.2%) had completed higher education, and 106 (39.8%) primary level, secondary or technical. For all variables, there was no significant difference in relation to the knowledge of professionals, regardless of scholarity and length of service in the UHS. Regardless of the number of years attending schoolknowledge was considered insufficient in 15 (88.2%) variables, on average.
Conclusions:
These results lead us to two problems recurring in the UHS failure to integrate the HS to health services and the need for effective continuing education during their professional career. This greatly affects the development of HS actions, since the services, especially primary care, comprise an ideal space for its execution. (AU)