Atenção saúde da população negra: um olhar sob a perspectiva dos cursos de graduação em saúde

Abstract

This study aims to analyze how the topic health education for the black and quilombola population is presented in the pedagogical projects and respective syllabi of undergraduate health courses at the Federal University of Alagoas. This is an exploratory, descriptive, documental study, carried out through the analysis of eight Pedagogical Political Projects (PPP) from April to November 2022. The documentary technique was used for data collection and the reference legal frameworks of the PNISPN, DCNERER and DCNs of the courses, in addition to cultural studies and curriculum for the discussion of the results. The data were organized into two levels of visibility of the theme: the training of health workers in the perspective of integrality and for ethnic-racial education; invisibility, superficiality and fragmentation of ethnic-racial themes in undergraduate health courses. The results showed that the theme is still little and discreetly addressed in the curricula, having been highlighted in two undergraduate courses. It is concluded that there is still much to advance in the discussion and insertion of policies and affirmative actions in health in the undergraduate courses of the investigated University, noting that the contents necessary to contribute to an education for ethnic-racial relations are still far from what advocates the current educational and health legislation, perhaps to strengthen the affirmation of differences and deconstruct prejudices and practices. However, there is a movement towards adaptation to current legislation in accordance with the PPPs that have undergone recent reformulations, expressing progress in the insertion of the theme of health for the black population in the formation of undergraduate courses in health and expansion of the debate.