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0047/2014 - Assessment of competencies of community health workers for epidemiological data collection
Avaliação de competências de agentes comunitários de saúde para coleta de dados epidemiológicos

Author:

• Juliana de Oliveira Musse - Musse,Juliana de Oliveira - Campina Grande-PB, Paraiba - Programa de Mestrado em Saúde Pública da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba - <julimusse@hotmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Roberta Smania Marques - Marques,Roberta Smania - Programa de Mestrado em Saúde Pública da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba - <julimusse@hotmail.com>
• Fernando Lopes - Lopes, Fernando - Programa de Mestrado em Saúde Pública da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba - <julimusse@hotmail.com>
• Karolinne Souza Monteiro - Monteiro,Karolinne - Programa de Mestrado em Saúde Pública da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba - <julimusse@hotmail.com>
• Silvana Santos - Santos, Silvana - Programa de Mestrado em Saúde Pública da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba - <silvanaipe@gmail.com >

Thematic Area:

Epidemiologia

Abstract:

The Community Health Agents (ACS) is responsible for data collection for different information systems. The aim of this study was to evaluate competencies of reading, comprehension and problem solving; using an educational material created for epidemiological research on people with disabilities. A twenty multiple choice questionnary was developed and applied to a sample of 348 community health workers in the state of Paraíba. The socioeconomic profile showed that, within the sample, most of these ACS are women, between 30-49 years old, married or remains stable, with two children and high school. Over 98% of ACS was government employees and more than half has been working for more than eight years at the same community, predominantly in the urban area. The score for overall performance evaluation ranged from 33 to 60 points, with the mean score of 53.44 ± 4.88 points. This means that the agents were able to properly resolve over 65% of the questions was observed better performance to resolve problems related to daily life. The overall performance was positively correlated with education and negatively with age, have children and the time of completion of formal education. The overall results indicate the increasing professionalization and education of the ACS, and its potential role as a collaborator in scientific research to establish generalizations about public health.

Keywords:

Community Health Agent; Epidemiology; Competency-based education

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Musse,Juliana de Oliveira, Marques,Roberta Smania, Lopes, Fernando, Monteiro,Karolinne, Santos, Silvana . Assessment of competencies of community health workers for epidemiological data collection. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2014/Sep). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/assessment-of-competencies-of-community-health-workers-for-epidemiological-data-collection/15031?id=15031



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