Percep??o de profissionais da saúde sobre a Terapia Ocupacional no Núcleo de Apoio à Saúde da Família/Perception of health professionals about the Occupational Therapy in a Family Health Support Center

摘要

Introduction : The lack of knowledge about the role of the occupational therapist in Primary Health Care (PHC), especially in the northern region where the insertion of this professional is incipient, may be an obstacle to the effectiveness of interdisciplinarity and offer of care to users. Objective : To know the perception of the health professionals of a Family Health Support Center (FHSC) of the northern region of Brazil, about the work of the occupational therapist in the ambit of the APS. Methods : A qualitative study was carried out with 15 health professionals from FHSC-águas Lindas, located in the city of Ananindeua, Pará. A questionnaire and a semi-structured interview were used to collect data. Results: The characterization of the participants of the research demonstrated the precariousness and/or absence of formal contract of employment relationship in the FHSC context of the study and the content analysis generated three thematic categories of analysis involving the importance of the work of the occupational therapist in PHC, the knowledge about the insertion of the professional in the health programs and the perception about the interdisciplinary actions involving the Occupational Therapy. Conclusion: In light of the analysis of the speeches, although the importance of Occupational Therapy in PHC was clear, it was observed that there are restrictions regarding the understanding, in particular, of the purposes of the occupational therapist's performance in PHC health programs and in the exercise of interdisciplinarity.