Abstract
Objective: To train Community Health Agents in an ESF in Belém, for the recognition of patients suspected of tuberculosis. Methods: Quantitative, descriptive, transversal and analytical study, carried out in a Family Health Strategy (FHS) in the city of Belém - PA. The work was applied in three moments: the questionnaire was applied as PRE-TEST, a lecture on tuberculosis given by the researchers and reapplication of the collection instrument as POST-TEST. Quantitative variables were assessed using the T-Student test (p <0.05). Results: In the application of the PRE-TEST, it was evidenced that all the participants have mastery in the thematic axes regarding the definition, mode of transmission, clinical picture and prevention of tuberculosis. In the other topics, a discrepancy in prior knowledge was identified between the participants and the axes with the greatest difficulty in knowledge were related to the directly observed treatment (DOT) in 55.5% (n = 5) and TB etiology with 44.4 % (n = 4). The results obtained in the POST-TEST show an equivalence in the knowledge acquired, having statistical significance (p value = 0.027, Mean ± 1.77; SD ± 1.98). Conclusion: Most FHS ACS studied, even with verbal reports that they had many doubts regarding the theme, the results of this intervention are considered satisfactory.