Anderson dos Santos Carvalho

Atuação do profissional de educação física no sistema único de saúde: revisão sistemática

Objective: To describe and analyze types of professional practice of physical educators in the Unified Health System (Sistema Unico de Saude – SUS). Methods: Systematic literature review carried out on Google Scholar and Scielo. Publications from 2005 to 2016 were selected using the following descriptors: Unified Health System, Exercise and Physical Education. Results: A total of 85 studies were found, but only 12 met the inclusion criteria and were included in this review. Few studies (n=4) address the professional practice of Physical Educators in the SUS, which is primarily targeted at older people and curative treatments. Conclusion: Considering that Physical Educators’ participation in the SUS is restricted to only some types of professional practice, there is a need to increase in a considerable way its comprehensiveness and spectrum so that they can intervene in different population groups and significantly contribute to health promotion.