O programa saúde na escola e sua presença nos instrumentos de gestão: um estudo documental

Abstract

Introduction: The Health in School Program (HSP) is a public policy focused on the intersectoriality of health and education. It involves in actions the Education and Primary Health Care teams, acting in face of the context of vulnerabilities and weaknesses that students encounter in the teaching processes. Objective: To review what the instruments of Health Management present regarding HSP. Methods: This is an exploratory research carried out through document analysis. The documents analyzed were the Municipal Health Plan, the Annual Health Schedule, the Annual Management Report, Curricular Guidance Documents, and the Municipal Education Plan of Santa Maria/RS. Data collection took place from October to December 2020. The resulting data were organized according to type of management instrument, year and/or period, and citations related to the HSP. Results: The management instruments of the health area seek improvement and greater adherence to the actions, but in the management documents related to education, a more succinct approach to the HSP can be noted. These different approaches point to a disintegration in the policy operationalization process, demonstrating difficulties in intersectoriality. Conclusion: The program has been undergoing a process of expansion and consolidation in the municipal scenario. However, it is necessary to look at its maintenance and expansion to other health-related aspects that have not been addressed or have been little addressed so far, adapting to local and regional needs. This highlights the importance of intersectoriality for the maintenance and consolidation of the policy.