Health Professionals in the TOPAMA Region and their role in Health Surveillance

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https://doi.org/10.20873/DEZ_23_12

Abstract

The practices related to health surveillance are integrated in health regions to strengthen integrality and care management, thus aiming to outline the profile and practices in health surveillance, through self-assessment of managers and health workers from 30 municipalities in the TOPAMA region. A cross-sectional study was carried out through the application of self-answered questionnaires. The profiles of professional activity, participation in training, indication of health surveillance activities, use and level of knowledge about health information systems were delineated. A descriptive analysis of the data was performed, separated by profiles. Of the 569 respondents, 19 were municipal managers and 59 health surveillance managers, among whom the levels of education and knowledge of the legal frameworks of health were higher than those of professionals who are members of health surveillance and primary care teams. Among these, 61.0% did not participate in continuing education activities and 53.6% had little knowledge of the municipal health plan, and self-reported knowledge of health information systems with basic level was reported by 76.3% for SINASC, similar to what was observed in other systems. The results are close to the literature reports of weakening actions, and denote a path that enables educational intervention to strengthen the quality of services in the region.

Published

2023-12-28

How to Cite

Moura Sanches, W., Andrade de Medeiros Moreira, R., de Melo Martins, P. F., Silva Oliveira, R. T., Cavalcante de Melo, Q. C., & Junqueira Pereira, R. (2023). Health Professionals in the TOPAMA Region and their role in Health Surveillance. DESAFIOS - Revista Interdisciplinar Da Universidade Federal Do Tocantins, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.20873/DEZ_23_12