Education in Health and Social Work: A strategic political instrument in professional practice

Authors

  • Marta Alves Santos Centro Universitário da Associação Brasileira de Ensino Universitário, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro
  • Mônica de Castro Maia Senna Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-02592017v20n3p439

Abstract

Education about healthcare is one of the main instruments of the professional work of social assistants in the field of healthcare. It therefore uses ethical-political, theoretical-methodological and technical-operatives, which are dimensions that guide the professional action of social workers and that are essential to a critical understanding of the professional reality and to supporting the intervention of social work. This article raises some elements for the debate about education in health as one of the working instruments of social workers in the field of healthcare. To do so, it addresses the historic trajectory of education in health within Brazilian healthcare policy, highlights the main paradigms that have guided the actions of healthcare in the country and raises some questions for reflection about the ethical-political dimension of education in health as a field of intervention of social workers.

Author Biographies

Marta Alves Santos, Centro Universitário da Associação Brasileira de Ensino Universitário, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro

Doutorado em Política Social pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Assistente Social da Prefeitura Municipal de Niterói. Professora do Centro Universitário da Associação Brasileira de Ensino Universitário (UNIABEU).

Mônica de Castro Maia Senna, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro

Doutorado em Ciências – Saúde Pública pela Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (ENSP/ FIOCRUZ). Professora Associada da Escola de Serviço Social e do Programa de Estudos Pós-graduados em Política Social da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF).

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Published

2017-10-11

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 3 (2017): Ética e política

Section

Open-themed space

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