Facilidades e dificuldades na implantação do Programa Saúde na Escola em um município do nordeste do Brasil

Introduction: School health in Brazil is offered through the School Health Program. The purpose of this study was to identify the facilities and difficulties in implementing the Health at School Program in a municipality in the Northeast of Brazil. Materials and Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional quantitative research conducted with 105 professionals from the Family Health Strategy who had already carried out activities of the program. Data was collected through an instrument with open and closed questions. We used open questions regarding the facilities and difficulties encountered in implementation of the Health Program in the School. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and presented in absolute and relative numbers. Results: The most frequent facilities are intersectoral articulation (38.1%) and professional satisfaction (24.8%) in performing the activities of the Health Program in the School. The difficulties were: shortage of material and financial resources (50.5%), lack of intersectoral articulation (26.7%), and excess of activities in the work process (17.1%). Discussion: A greater frequency of difficulties was observed in relation to the facilities and the results found show similarity and distance themselves from other studies of the area. Conclusions: The satisfaction of professionals and articulation between the health and education sectors are facilitating elements in implementing the Health at School Program. However, insufficient material and financial resources, as well as excess attributions in the work process are examples of factors that jeopardize its implementation. Introdução: A saúde escolar no Brasil é ofertada através do Programa Saúde na Escola. Neste estudo objetivou-se identificar as facilidades e dificuldades na implantação do Programa Saúde na Escola em município do nordeste brasileiro. Materiais e Métodos: Pesquisa descritiva, transversal, quantitativa, realizada com 105 profissionais da Estratégia Saúde da Família que já tinham desenvolvido atividades do programa. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de instrumento com perguntas abertas e fechadas. Utilizou-se as questões abertas referentes às facilidades e dificuldades enfrentadas na implantação do Programa Saúde na Escola. Os dados foram analisados por meio da estatística descritiva e apresentados em números absolutos e relativos. Resultados: As facilidades mais frequentes são a articulação intersetorial (38,1%) e a satisfação profissional (24,8%) em e