Implantação da escola de redução de danos: uma estratégia de educação permanente no município de Uruguaiana, RS

Abstract

The Harm Reduction (DR) began in 1926 in England. Emerges as a proposal to reduce the damage or prevent the transmission of blood-borne diseases among injection drug users (IDUs). When incorporated into the National Comprehensive Care Politics on Alcohol and Other Drugs User in Brazil in 2003, is now targeted drugs mostly. Works with lightweight technologies, addressing the user in their place of use, and identifying with this coping strategies of their dependence. The municipality of Uruguaiana, located on the western border of Rio Grande do Sul becomes a pioneer in the region through the implementation of the training school of reducing damage. Activities take place in the space for the development of health actions for training and events related to the area, the Municipal Center for Community Health Education (NUMESC). With this, we sought to analyze how was the implementation of the training course on reducing damage and its importance as a tool for further actions in Care Network on Mental Health. For this purpose, we used the methodology of focus groups, a technique that provides in addition to a rapprochement between the members, encouraging discoveries or exchange of knowledge, generate context of possibilities, so that they can perform discoveries about the subject. Was identified with the professional difficulties encountered throughout the implementation process, from the contemplation of the project by the Ministry of Health, and due to management at the time, there was no continuation and supply conditions for the implementation of harm reduction School, and identified that the proposal's potential for training and qualification of health workers, characterizing a strategy of continuing education, in addition to expanding the mental health care in the county. However, it is possible to verify that there is a challenge to be overcome for school maintenance and are related to the composition of the team conducting the activities.