Lima, Rafael Rodolfo Tomaz de2018-03-132018-03-132017-12-15LIMA, Rafael Rodolfo Tomaz de. A formação em saúde frente às necessidades das pessoas idosas. 2017. 138f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde) - Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2017.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/24817In Brazil, there is a marked increase in the elderly population, where this will intensify in the next two decades. Under the SUS, assistance to this population should be based on actions developed by the ESF and NASF teams. The aim of the study was to analyze the training of ESF and NASF professionals to meet the needs of the elderly. It is a qualitative research, carried out in two stages and with different methodological procedures. In the first stage, we sought to analyze how the aging approach occurs in the training of professionals working in the ESF and NASF, from the reading of the pedagogical projects of their training courses. The second stage consisted in understanding the perception of the elderly people assisted by ESF and NASF teams about their needs, as well as their perception about the professional competencies necessary for the care that this portion of the population needs. The results of the first stage revealed that the professional training for the health care of the elderly is based solely on the assistance and conduction of chronic-degenerative diseases, as well as on the identification and prevention of health damages. In addition, the operationalization of the focus groups allowed to classify the needs of the elderly participants of the study in two thematic ones: Necessity of good conditions of life and necessity of access to the health services. According to the participants, the professionals of the ESF and the NASF are well qualified to attend to them, however, they do not have the autonomy to solve their needs. To solve these needs, qualifying the managers (municipal, state and federal) of the health sector would be the priority path. With the accomplishment of this study, it is noticed that the discussion about the aging issue in the process of training the professionals that integrate the ESF and NASF teams is still incipient and is disassociated with the health needs of the elderly. Thus, it is necessary to prepare people who offer integral attention to the growing elderly population, knowing their subjectivities and needs, as well as formulating and managing public policies for the aforementioned population that is a SUS user.Acesso AbertoRecursos humanos em saúdeFormação profissional em saúdeSaúde da famíliaEnvelhecimentoSaúde do idosomasterThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE