Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Objective: To analyze the performance of a social worker in Primary Health Care (PHC) based on narratives produced within the context of a multiprofessional residency program in Public Health. Methods: The methodological approach is grounded in the reflective and critical exercise of autoethnography, allowing for the articulation between personal experience and theoretical-practical analysis. Results: The results highlight the insertion of Social Work in PHC, marked by structural tensions such as professional devaluation and precarious work, while revealing its centrality in guaranteeing rights, promoting comprehensive care, and mediating social demands. The main contributions are the strengthening of professional identity in health, the relevance of territorial, intersectoral, and multiprofessional action, and the need for an ethical-political stance coupled with addressing challenges. Final Considerations: It is concluded that autoethnography enhances the critical understanding of health practices by enabling the re-signification of experiences and the production of situated and reflective knowledge.
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7168810031