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Workshops for health promotion: discussing the dilemmas of the daily routine of a group of community health agents

This article presents an experience report on the development of workshops for health promotion with a group of community health agents in the East of the city of São Paulo, SP, Brazil. It first contextualizes the group, the community health agent profession and related public policies. Afterwards, it describes and discusses the workshops offered to these professionals, whose main goal was to promote a dialogue about their daily practices. At the end of the workshops, the community health agents reported new ways of thinking and dealing with challenges posed in their daily work in the community.

groups; gender; health promotion


Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Av.Bandeirantes 3900 - Monte Alegre, 14040-901 Ribeirão Preto, Tel.: (55 16) 3315-3829 - Ribeirão Preto - SP - Brazil
E-mail: paideia@usp.br