A informação através da educação como uma interface entre as vigilância sanitária e profissionais farmacêuticos do setor regulado

Abstract

The Sanitary Surveillance is considered the oldest conformation and complex public health sector and is entered as the protection and promotion of health care in the health system. The Mission of Sanitary Surveillance is to promote and protect the health of the population through monitoring, eliminate or reduce the risk to health. The player field of Sanitary Surveillance is vast and complex, as it involves all products and services related directly or indirectly to health at all levels of the chain of production and marketing, in addition to the services provided to the population and to the individual. His actions include the monitoring, educational and regulatory functions and fall within the scope of social relations of production and consumption, where originates the majority of health problems which we must intervene. Because of this lack of information for the population is considered a risk to the health of the community, being necessary to the expansion of Sanitary Surveillance actions beyond monitoring and educating. In this context, the pharmaceutical industry and Congeners of Sanitary Surveillance of Secretary of state in the Regional Superintendence of Juiz de Fora of Minas Gerais has developed an educational project of information and knowledge on Sanitary Surveillance, called Educafarma Project, with the intention of promoting health consciousness in the industry regulated. The present study was made to examine the importance of educational action of sanitary surveillance in order to understand the perception of pharmaceutical professionals of pharmacies and drugstores on the educational proposal established, through a descriptive and exploratory study, based on the principles of qualitative research. The data collection was made from the qualitative approach using participant observation and semi-structured interviews with thirteen pharmaceutical professionals of drugstores and pharmacies linked to handling private project. The data analysis was developed from the thematic content analysis technique, being verified that the Educafarma Project is a vehicle for information. The results indicate changes of mentality of the subject of research and perceptions regarding the role of Sanitary Surveillance and indicate the need to change the practices of Sanitary Surveillance for greater proximity to the regulated sector in order to make them active in the process of promotion and prevention of health of the population.