Long-distance learning as a resource for capacity of Community Health Agents on preventive interventions related to alcohol and other drugs

Authors

  • Maíra Gussi de Oliveira Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3993-1809
  • Cibele Maria de Sousa Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF
  • Cláudia Regina Merçon de Vargas Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF
  • Donizete Moreira de Oliveira Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF
  • Maria da Glória Lima Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF
  • Maria Aparecida Gussi Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v13i1.1593

Keywords:

Community health workers, Education, distance, Mentoring, Mental health, Family health, Substance-related disorders.

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The Community Health Workers are one of the strategic agents in the work of Primary Care, because they live more directly with health issues in the territory, considering that the problems related to the use of alcohol and other drugs require investment focused on the qualification of health professional.  Therefore, this article aimed to report the experience of the Capacity Course of Community Health Agents towards preventive actions from alcohol and other drugs, conducted in the modality of self-instructional distance learning, with tutorial accompaniment. The use of technological tools, besides the articulation with the service network and tutorial accompaniment, proved to be a powerful resource for the development of permanent education in service, in which tutoring was a differential in the enrollment and interest of these professionals in the course, in a way that allows the acquisition of concepts and health strategies to better answer the users needs, according to the prerogatives of the Unified Health System and the psychosocial care model.

Author Biographies

Maíra Gussi de Oliveira, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF

Graduação em Serviço Social pela Universidade de Brasília.

Cibele Maria de Sousa, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF

Especialização em Violência Doméstica Contra Crianças e Adolescentes pela Universidade de São Paulo.

Cláudia Regina Merçon de Vargas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF

Mestre em Ciências da Saúde pela Universidade de Brasília.

Donizete Moreira de Oliveira, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF

Especialização em Educação a Distância: Elaboração de Material, Tutoria e Ambientes V. pela Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul.

Maria da Glória Lima, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF

Doutorado em Enfermagem pela Universidade de São Paulo.

Maria Aparecida Gussi, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF

Doutorado em Ciências da Saúde pela Universidade de Brasília.

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Published

2019-03-29

How to Cite

Oliveira, M. G. de, de Sousa, C. M., Merçon de Vargas, C. R., Oliveira, D. M. de, Lima, M. da G., & Gussi, M. A. (2019). Long-distance learning as a resource for capacity of Community Health Agents on preventive interventions related to alcohol and other drugs. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v13i1.1593

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2019): Dossiê: Comunicação e riscos em saúde

Section

Dossiê: Comunicação e riscos em saúde

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