Description of the collective health diagnosis held by the Extension Project Jornada Universitária da Saúde (JUS) in the city of Jambeiro-SP

Abstract

The collective diagnosis in health, proposed by the normative planning model as the initial step, is an essential part in developing and implementing interventions1, whose purpose is to receive demands from a specific place. Although essential, the necessary knowledge for conducting collective diagnoses in health is not always taught properly and effectively during professional’s health graduation. This gap can be filled with academics extensions, as well as the project “Jornada Universitária da Saúde” (JUS). The JUS is an interprofessional and interdisciplinary project from the University of São Paulo that aims the promotion and education in health through actions that are implemented in an inner city in São Paulo state, on a three year cycle. This article has as it is main goal, describing the project’s first year in a new city named Jambeiro, presenting the process of accomplishment for the collective diagnosis in health from this city.