PURPOSE: To analyze the efficacy of a formation process regarding Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences developed with Community Health Agents, based on the theoretical concept of radical education in health. METHODS: Initially, a group of five community agents from a Family Health Program Unit was submitted to a semi-structured collective interview. Then, through the focal group technique, a process of radical education in health was carried out, totalizing eight sessions of approximately 90 minutes each. In the final phase, the group received an informative written material regarding Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences, human communication, its disorders and ways of prevention. RESULTS: During the initial interview, the group showed knowledge predominantly related to clinical practice, especially on speech, writing and learning disorders, deafness and bedridden patients. The educative process began with the representation of the traditional model of health education and, throughout the sessions, with the dialogue development, it assumed the radical model in health, besides the centralization in the model of health prevention. Only one health agent read the written material. CONCLUSION: The educational process was effective to treat the subjects proposed by the group and allowed the individual empowerment.
Primary prevention; Health promotion; Public health; Health education; Family health
