The political dimension of auxiliary personnel education: nursing and the Unified Health System (SUS)

Authors

  • Alva Helena de Almeida Secretaria Municipal de Saúde da Prefeitura do Município de São Paulo; Centro de Formação dos Trabalhadores da Saúde
  • Cássia Baldini Soares Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692002000500002

Keywords:

Unified Health System (SUS), nursing education, nursing human resources, health policy, inservice training

Abstract

The change in the administration of the municipality of São Paulo in 1989 innovated the management of health services aiming at implementing the Unified Health System (SUS) and using as a fundamental strategy the workers' qualification. Thus, the purpose of this work was to analyze the incorporation of the SUS principles in the programs for the capacitation of nursing auxiliary personnel. Based on the concepts that nurtured the Sanitary Reform and the construction of SUS principles, the methodological framework comprehended interviews with the coordinators of the program. Data analysis enabled authors to recognize that the municipal management policies and practices were committed to SUS guidelines, giving priority to the qualification of health workers who did not have this opportunity and adopting a pedagogy directed to the agents' transformation. The coordinators were motivated to develop the qualification program, recognizing this process as a tool for the SUS implementation. In addition, the coordinators at the regional level understood the technical dimension of this process, isolated from its political dimension.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2002-10-01

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 5 (2002)

Section

Original Articles

License

RLAE’s authorship concept is based on the substantial contribution by each of the individuals listed as authors, mainly in terms of conceiving and planning the research project, collecting or analyzing and interpreting data, writing and critical review. Indication of authors’ names under the article title is limited to six. If more, authors are listed on the online submission form under Acknowledgements. The possibility of including more than six authors will only be examined on multicenter studies, considering the explanations presented by the authors.
Including names of authors whose contribution does not fit into the above criteria cannot be justified. Those names can be included in the Acknowledgements section.
 Authors are fully responsible for the concepts disseminated in their manuscripts, which do not necessarily reflect the editors’ and editorial board’s opinion.

 

How to Cite

The political dimension of auxiliary personnel education: nursing and the Unified Health System (SUS). (2002). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 10(5), 629-636. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692002000500002