INTERPROFESSIONAL INTERVENTION PROTOCOL FOR OVERWEIGHT ADULTS

EXPERIENCE OF PARTICIPATORY PLANNING AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN AMAZONAS

Abstract

Objective: To report the participatory experience of faculty and students from the Physiotherapy, Nutrition, Nursing, and Agricultural Technician courses in the development of an Interprofessional Intervention Protocol (IIP) for overweight adults. Experience report: The IIP was developed in a formative context that integrated undergraduate students and faculty facilitators participating in the university extension project Counseling, Care and Coping with Overweight and Obesity (ACESO), aimed at sedentary overweight adults residing in the urban area of ​​Coari, Amazonas, Brazil. The participatory planning of the combined interventions was conducted based on the principles of interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practices, seeking to focus on collectively planned care, considering the complex dimensions that influence the development of overweight, in which the aim was to value and integrate different areas of knowledge and encourage the shared construction of solutions. It involved faculty and 40 students and was carried out in three stages: preparation, simulation, and adjustments. Initial difficulties were observed in the integration of students and in the approaches to the themes, where fragmented perspectives prevailed. The group meetings, prioritizing integration, interprofessional discussions, listening, and improvement of the themes, enabled a process of maturation of the team, in a movement of horizontality in the exchanges and reformulation of the themes and approaches. The elaboration of the IIP highlighted the potential of the complementarity of professions when exercised in a space of dialogue and reflection, given the multifactorial nature of overweight. Conclusion: Participatory planning demonstrated the relevance of interprofessional work in the implementation of health education actions. The integration of different perspectives was fundamental to reorganize and qualify interventions aimed at addressing excess weight, a complex condition that requires a multiprofessional and multisectoral approach.