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ARAUJO, Maria Luiza Alves et al. Health education: strategy of integral and multiprofessional care for pregnant women. Rev. ABENO [online]. 2011, vol.11, n.2, pp. 8-13. ISSN 1679-5954.

The Education Program through Health Work ("PET-Saúde") aims at initiating undergraduate students of health into Family Health Strategy work, allowing them to experience the actions conducted in primary care. Among these activities, there is health education that combines scientific with popular knowledge. One of the priority groups that should be targeted for health education activities in the Family Health Strategy is that of pregnant women, considering that this is a period in which a woman is more likely to receive information and to modify her behavior. The objective of this study was to present an experience of integral and multiprofessional care, using health education as a tool for adopting new health habits by a group of pregnant women assisted by a team from the Family Health Strategy. The project was conducted in January 2011 by the Independence III Family Health Team, located in Montes Claros, MG. The team included students from the health field at the State University of Montes Claros as facilitators, participants in the "PET-Saúde" Program, and health professionals, who were also instructors of the program. The course was structured around seven workshops, and addressed key issues for pregnant women. This project was of great importance not only for the pregnant women, who evaluated the activity positively, but also for the students, who were able to acquire critical and multidisciplinary knowledge.

Palavras-chave : Pregnant women; Health education; Primary health care.