期刊名称:Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade
印刷版ISSN:1809-5909
电子版ISSN:2179-7994
出版年度:2014
卷号:9
期号:33
页码:343-349
语种:Portuguese
出版社:Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (SBMFC)
摘要:Objective: to identify the relation between the level of knowledge of community health workers on oral health and the presence of the Oral Health Team in the Family Health Strategy. Methods: we performed a survey with 173 community health workers allocated in public health services of five municipalities in the northwest of São Paulo, Brazil, through a self-administered and structured instrument. The survey instrument contemplated questions related to the presence of the Oral Health Team in the Family Health Strategy and questions regarding oral health. Results: the majority of community health workers was inserted in strategies with the presence of Oral Health Teams (60.1%). We found that the oral health knowledge of most participants was good (48%). Conclusion: there is relation between the level of knowledge of community health workers and the presence of the Oral Health Team in the Family Health Strategy.
关键词:Community Health Workers;Family Health;Oral Health;Agentes Comunitarios de Salud;Salud de la Familia;Salud Bucal;Agentes Comunitários de Saúde;Saúde da Família;Saúde Bucal