Saúde da população negra: percepções e considerações na formação de profissionais de cursos da área da saúde

Abstract

The present research aims to analyze how the Health of the Black Population is worked on in the courses in the Health area of the Federal University of Pampa, in the perception of the professors. This is a research with a qualitative approach, of the descriptive type. The sample consisted of 26 professors who were members of the Structuring Teaching Nuclei of the Health Area Courses at the Federal University of Pampa. Data collection was carried out in two stages, the first being the application of an electronic questionnaire, prepared in Google Forms, composed of open and closed questions, in order to identify issues related to sociodemographic indicators, academic training and professional performance of the participants. /of the teachers. In the second moment, in order to determine the knowledge of the professors on issues related to the health of the black population, a semi-structured interview was carried out through the Google Meet platform. For data analysis, content analysis was used as a methodological contribution. Of the study participants, 20 are female. Regarding ethnicity, 24 professors consider themselves to be white and 02 to be black. Also, 07 of the participants reported having less than 05 years of employment as a professor at the University, 13 reported having between 05 and 10 years and 06 professors and professors more than 10 years. As for the time as a member of the NDE, 09 participated for less than 03 years, 10 between 3 and 5 years, 05 participants between 05 and 10 years and 02 for more than 10 years. In view of the results found, it was evidenced that 69.2% of the interviewed teachers claim to be unaware of the National Policy for the Comprehensive Health of the Black Population (PNSIPN). Regarding the policy approach in the curricular organization of the courses, 69.2% of the professors state that their course does not address the PNSIPN in their curriculum. When asked about their opinion about the health of the black population in the health area curricula, 84.60% of the professors considered the insertion of the theme extremely important, pointing out possibilities of working with the theme in the courses, through content of the curricular structure, the creation of spaces for dialogue and the continuing education of higher education teachers, among other perspectives. In this way, the results achieved reveal that teachers are unaware of the PNSIPN, making the theme very little visible in the training of health professionals, not only in higher education institutions, but in society as a whole, in line with what is stated. in literature. Finally, the study, in addition to serving as a reference for future research, comes as a way to instigate the discussion on the ethnic-racial issues that emerge from the dialogue with the PNSIPN, in the undergraduate courses in the area of health, of the investigated university.