A universidade da maturidade como ponto de atenção em saúde do município de Palmas-Tocantins

Abstract

The research proposal answered the following guiding question: what elements contribute to characterize the University of Maturity linked to the Federal University of Tocantins, from its non-formal teaching project and its educational guidelines, as a point of attention of the Attention Network in health in the municipality of Palmas? The study was carried out in the city of Palmas, State of Tocantins, with the University of Maturity (UMA), an extension project of the Federal University of Tocantins, as the central focus. This is an exploratory, descriptive transversal research with a qualitative approach. Qualitative research is understood as a research category whose object is the study of a unit in depth, which may be a subject, a group of people, a community, etc. Thinking about the research leads us to create a general objective, which is to characterize the University of Maturity as a point of health care in the Health Care Network (RAS) of the Municipality of Palmas; and its specific objectives are: a) Carry out documentary analysis of UMA's pedagogical project, with a view to attending students' health; b) Present and discuss the work carried out by UMA from the drawing of the RAS of the Municipality of Palmas; c) Define the main characteristics of UMA as a point of health care. Hypotheses of the study: UMA can be considered an institution with characteristics of a health care point, even though it is not linked to the health system; RAS is characterized by macro service, and UMA is characterized by micro service. Is UMA characterized as a Network point? When analyzing the Political Pedagogical Project of UMA and its developed projects and actions, taking into account the proposed methodology, it is possible to list some essential contents, according to Bardin (1987), represented by highlighted words: force laboratory; oral health; health lectures; psychological support; lutotherapy; healthy coexistence; legal guidelines; food; medical, nursing and education students working at UMA and the leisure offer. Certainly, UMA does not focus on the supply of medicines, however, it acts in order to offer prophylactic treatment, that is, when it works with projects and actions that raise the self-esteem of the elderly, when it makes it possible to listen to their pain, when it deals with grief, when he develops skills that he did not yet know, when he defends him and offers new opportunities, and a lifelong education, he certainly does preventive care for his health. In this perspective, UMA can be inserted in the health care network of the elderly, as it improves their living conditions. Considering the work developed by the University of Maturity in the perspective of lifelong education, the hypotheses built in the study proposal are refuted, as UMA does macro work, operates in several municipalities in the State of Tocantins, and has already trained Educators politico of human aging, more than 1,400 people, extended to families. UMA is not linked to the health system, this is a fact, however, it is a space for expanding and improving the general health of the elderly who attend it, whether in the capital or in the interior of the state. It is concluded that there is evidence of RAS data in the city of Palmas, and in the future a study can be carried out in the State with the same perspective. It is recognized that, in general, in order to strengthen this network of care for the elderly, it is necessary to strengthen the relationships between the networks, mainly by passing on information that supports the monitoring of the elderly in the community, favoring comprehensive care, being able to suggest to UMA the creation of a space for systematic data collection of the aforementioned healthcare services.