The study assesses the knowledge of a Family Health Strategy team from Montes Claros, state of Minas Gerais (Southeast Brazil), on the National Policy for Integral Attention to Men's Health. This is an exploratory, descriptive study with a qualitative approach, characterized as a case study conducted with professionals from a health care facility. The data were collected through interviews in the first half of 2011. Most respondents had minimal knowledge on this policy, which was attributed to the limitation in informational materials, the lack of guides from the Ministry of Health, of trained professionals, and to the absence of the municipal, state or federal spheres. Some of the respondents were aware of the composition of the policy, while all of them could describe actual and extensive knowledge of the characteristics of male healthdisease process. Thus, it is important to consider these professionals' prior knowledge on this population and to invest in their training strategies, thereby subsidizing the effectiveness of health promotion, rehabilitation, and recovery actions, reducing morbidity and mortality, as prescribed by National Policy for Integral Attention to Men's Health.
men's health; primary health care; knowledge; health services