Abstract
Today, the family health support centers are a locus for the insertion of the physical education professional in primary health care. This fact has introduced new challenges to the work of this professional, such as the undertaking of health promotion activities at the individual and collective levels. This study aimed to analyze the actions taken by such a professional at these centers in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 2015 with 15 participants. This was a qualitative, exploratory study, which used the documentary research and focus groups as data collection instruments. The results showed different and complementary conceptions about the health promotion concept and the undertaking of comprehensive and diversified promotion actions together with the team and the community. Factors such as the reorientation of the model of health, community participation, the appreciation of multidisciplinary and intersectoral work, and government incentives for physical activity practices were identified as facilitators to carry out these actions. The greatest perceived difficulties included the lack of infrastructure and training and the conception of other professionals, still focused on individual clinical actions to the detriment of collective actions to promote health.
Keywords
health workers; physical education; primary health care; promotion of health