MEN’S EXPRESSIONS OF HEALTH CARE AND THE ASSISTANCE GENERATED FROM EDUCATIONAL HEALTH ACTIONS

• Main Authors: T. G. Santos, M. L. Botelho, A. M. N. Silva
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis 2018-02-01
• Series: Scientific Electronic Archives
• Subjects: Active methodology
• Online Access: http://www.seasinop.com.br/revista/index.php?journal=SEA&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=364&path%5B%5D=pdf
• ISSN: 2316-9281; 2316-9281

In 2008, the Ministry of Health presented the National Policy for Integral Attention to Men's Health, having the development of educational activities as one of its guidelines. These activities are inserted as a means for establishing a satisfactory relationship between nurse and user in order to make them aware about the health-disease and somehow contribute on spotlighting them as the subject of transformation. This study aimed at analyzing the men’s expressions of health care and the assistance from an educational intervention carried out in a unit of the Family Health in Sinop-MT. This is a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive of applied studies. The Thematic Content Analysis was used. The present project is linked to the research approved by the Ethics Committee/opinion number 568.938/2014. A deficit on the knowledge about the health theme approached was revealed. The habits/lifestyles are not set as health promoters. The “invulnerability” to diseases, the actions of health care seen as only directed to women and labor issues, influenced the search of the service, resulting in a feeling that they do not belong to it. Health Education is built as a tool for the introduction of men in the services, beside producing individuals who are knowledge holders and health promoters