Contribution of Naturology in regard to the implementation of the national policy of integrative and complementary practices into the conception of Naturology who work for Brazilian unique Health System

Abstract

Introduction: World Health Organization (WHO) has demonstrated the appreciation of Traditional Medici-nes and Alternative / Complementary Medicines as a way to improve health outcomes. Brazil complied with WHO recommendations and instituted the National Policy on Integrative and Complementary Practices (PN¬PIC). The PNPIC legitimized the institutionalization of these practices, opening new perspectives with a focus on health and its complexity, aiming to guarantee integrality in health care. Objective: to understand the con-tribution of Naturology to the implementation of PNPIC in the conception of naturologists who work in the Unified Health System (SUS). Results: five thematic categories were described: (1) The naturologist in a mul¬tidisciplinary health team, (2) The naturologist’s approach to the SUS, (3) The implementation of the PNPIC in the municipalities of operation, (4) Naturology principles that contribute to Implementation of PNPIC and (5) Strategies for the insertion of naturologists in SUS. Final considerations: It is considered that the performance of the naturologists in a multiprofessional team contributes to the implementation of the PNPIC in the SUS, cooperating so that the practices covered by the PNPIC are incorporated in its demedicalizing potential. This research also contributes to reflect the insertion of Naturology in the context of public health.