A importância do profissional sanitarista no âmbito da gestão do Sistema Único de Saúde: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

Sanitarians are assigned a comprehensive and strategic role: responsibility for directing the collective work process, both in the epidemiological and social dimension of apprehension and understanding of health needs, and in the organizational and managerial dimension of selection and operation of technologies for care of those needs. The objective of this study was to research in the literature the important performance of the sanitary professional in the Unified Health System. This is an integrative literature review, in which the following databases were used: Lilacs, Scielo and Medline. From the definition of the descriptors Sistema Único de Saúde (Unified Health System) and Human Resources Training (Staff Development) and Collective Health (Public Health), combined with the Boolean operators AND in the bases. and the elaboration of a research strategy, a selection was made with the results obtained in the databases consulted. Among the main conclusions, it is highlighted that sanitarians appear to meet the demand for trained professionals who work in the planning, management and actions of health promotion.