Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the effect of training with an illustrative booklet on the knowledge of professionals on the care of hypertensive patients. Methods: Quantitative descriptive research of the type of action research, with observation of the effects produced by intervention actions. This study was divided into two moments, the first aimed at solving a questionnaire about Systemic Arterial Hypertension, in which 27 professionals participated, and the second moment a training in the modality of conversation with the use of an illustrative booklet and domino game, in Then, the questionnaire was applied again, collaborating with these stage 20 participants. Knowledge, therefore, was assessed based on responses to a questionnaire applied before and after educational interventions. Results: There was a higher frequency of correct answers in solving the questionnaire after intervention actions. The training was mentioned by all 20 (100%) of the subjects who answered the second questionnaire application as favorable to learning. Conclusion: Permanent education proved to be satisfactory for promoting an improvement in the level of knowledge regarding Arterial Hypertension, as well as the viable strategies used for professional qualification.