Plano para a educação em saúde no uso da fitoterapia na atenção primária da saúde no município de Mineiros-GO

Abstract

The Ministry of Health has created and encouraged policies aimed at PICs, including herbal medicine, which for millennia has been used by our ancestors as a source of treatment for various diseases. This paper deals with an action research, where the subjects were 36 prescribing professionals, legally supported by their advice, from the 11 Basic Health Units of Minas Gerais GO, aiming to develop a health education plan to expand access to Phytotherapy in the Primary Health Care in the municipality. The results show that professionals are aware of the benefits of expanding herbal medicine in SUS, especially in Primary Care, however, due to the lack of knowledge and qualification of these professionals, prescriptions and / or guidelines have been flawed. Therefore, a health education plan was promoted through interviews, didactic materials via e-mail and a proposal plan, in order to solve possible doubts and improve the knowledge of these professionals, providing equity to the care provided. Through the results achieved in the study it is possible to conclude that the use of Phytotherapy in Primary Health Care depends on actions to promote therapy.