Effects of educational intervention in community health agents on the health booklet of the elderly in a municipality in Pará

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the effects of educational intervention on the knowledge and practices of community health agents about the health handbook for elderly of county of Pará. Methods: The study was quasi-experimental, of the before and after type. The target audience was community agents who were working. Data collection took place in three stages, the first in online format bEduy filling out a questionnaire divided into sociodemographic, professional and booklet data, the second was the intervention with the construction of a field diary and after the intervention with the completion of the questionnaire again online. The data obtained were analyzed quantitatively using the BioStat 5.0 software and qualitatively using Bardin L (2021) content analysis. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee. Results: The educational intervention proved to be effective in improving the agents' knowledge and practices, especially regarding conduct. Conclusion: The improvement of agents knowledge and practices reveals the importance of continuing education in the entire team's work process. The main limitations of the present study were the scarcity of literature referring to the booklet.