ETESB e vigilância ambiental: uma parceria no aprimoramento profissional no SUS/DF

Abstract

The text reports the development and implementation of a face-to-face course that took place at ETESB, from August to November 2019, with the certification of 299 students/servers, who work as Environmental Health Surveillance Agents (AVA). It is understood that a more comprehensive understanding of the Unified Health System (SUS) is necessary, especially when considering the numerous activities of prevention, health promotion and guidance to SUS users that integrate the relevant educational actions in the work of public servants. Federal District Health Department. Thus, the Basic Course in Public Health was created through a partnership between the Technical School of Health of Brasília (ETESB) and the Directorate of Environmental Health Surveillance (DIVAL/SVS/SES/DF), to promote and update knowledge in the field of health, with the purpose of qualifying the important role played by the mentioned public servants. Among their attributions, these servers develop multiple activities in the control of vectors that transmit diseases and health problems, in addition to carrying out home visits and specific treatments in strategic points in the Federal District. The course is expected to continue until all these professionals are trained with guidance on their safety and protection, their important role in public health actions and their inclusion in the process of improving the quality of health services provided to the population of the Federal District .