Policies in health assistance for students in federal institutes and universities

Abstract

The article deals with the student health public policies of the federal institutions of technical and higher education, with the objective of evaluating them. Based on bibliographical, documentary and authorial review, some impasses are raised: absence of joint actions between the Ministry of Education - MEC and the Ministry of Health - MS; Lack of training of MEC technicians in Public Health; Segregation between student and worker health actions; Lack of policies for postgraduate students; Actions aimed at the treatment in Health, to the detriment of the activities of promotion, prevention and articulation with the Health network; Lack of research that supports the actions. It is concluded that it is necessary to create a service model based on universal access research; And prevention and promotion actions in Health concerning the reality faced in the institutions and by each segment of the student.

Keywords: Public Policies; health; Higher education.