Abstract
Objective: evaluate the challenges faced by the Family Health Strategy nurses in the development of the School Health Program actions in a perspective of intersectoral work, involving health and education policies. Methodology: This is a qualitative descriptive research, conducted through a semi-structured interview with 10 nurses, from nine Basic Health Units of Caxias, in the state of Maranhão, from October to November of 2016. The data collected has been analyzed and processed by Iramuteq software. Results: The nurses revealed to face obstacles in developing the SHP actions by reasons concerning the deficiency of materials and human resources, health unit demand, difficulty in articulating with the students’ parents and the community, as well as the refuse by most people from the team to participate in the activitie. The results have been processed from a corpus in which the text segments have been classified according to the frequency of the words and the use of the Chi-Square test. Conclusion: The nurses develop the School Health Program actions, but they find obstacles that compromise the progress of the program and prevent a good assistance to the students, teachers and community.