Cadernos de Saúde Pública Print version ISSN 0102-311X MOURA,
Escolástica Rejane Ferreira and SOUSA, Rosiléa Alves de.
Education in reproductive health: proposal or reality in the
Family Health Program?. Cad. Saúde Pública [online]. 2002,
vol.18, n.6, pp. 1809-1811. ISSN 0102-311X.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-311X2002000600038. As
supervisors of primary health care units in the State of Ceará,
Brazil, we have observed a low supply of health education
services. As part of the activities under the Family Health
Program (FHP), we attempted to investigate the causes of this
short supply and identify flaws in the development of such
activities. Interviews and participatory observation were
adopted as the research method. The following causes were
defined in the lack of health education practices:
disorganization of demand, insufficient coverage of the
population by FHP teams, resistance by both health professionals
and the population to educational activities, absence of
adequate floor space for conducting suc