TERRITORIALIZATION IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN MARABÁ-PA

EXPERIENCE REPORT

Abstract

Territorialization in Primary Health Care encompasses the identification and knowledge of the complexities and social health needs of populations, communities and individuals. This experience report is a description of the mandatory supervised internship activity of students in the Collective
Health course of a Public Institution of Higher Education in the southeastern region of the state of Pará (PA). The activity was developed at the Nurse Zezinha Health Center in the municipality of Marabá, PA. The mandatory internship was divided into five specific stages, following a sequence: 1) Survey of information (demographic and morbidity characteristics) about the area enrolled at the Nurse Zezinha Health Center, with the health professionals of the Family Health Strategy; 2) Home visits with health professionals (doctors, nurses and community health agents); c) Identification of the main diseases and health problems faced by the community in the health service area of the Family Health Strategy; d) Elaboration of a community map covering the Family Health Strategy; e) Preparation of partial and final reports. Through home visits, health and social problems were identified that include vulnerabilities in housing conditions and basic sanitation, even aspects related to the residents' state of
illness. Chronic non-communicable diseases stood out for their high rates, especially systemic arterial hypertension. The supervised internship provided students with a sanitary understanding of social,
community, urbanization and housing conditions. This experience provided students with knowledge
about the social and health reality of this population, through territorialization in the attached area of
the Health Center.