Abstract
Objective: The study aimed to identify the perceived barriers to physical activity professional act in Primary Health Care. Methods: An integrative review was conducted in Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO) bases. The selected key words were: public health, health promotion, Primary Health Care, professional practice, Physical education and training. The inclusion criteria were: the article must be full-text available, it has to be published after 2005 in Portuguese or English language. Results: After analysis, fourteen articles were included. It was observed that academic formation is the most evident barrier to physical activity professional acts in Primary Health Care. The Lack of infrastructure and materials, inadequate perception of physical activity professional relevance by managers, other health professionals and general population, few professionals to attend population and lack of interdisciplinarity were also mentioned as barriers. Final considerations: The greater barriers to the performance of physical education professionals in primary health care are related to the management of the programs where these professionals work and to their graduation process.