title: [Supervision of Community Health Agents in the Family Health Strategy: the perspective of nurses].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Analyzing the conceptions of supervision of nurses in the Family Health Strategy (ESF - Estratégia Saúde da Família) in relation to community health workers (ACS - Agente Comunitário de Saúde), taking for reference the work process and the power relations.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative study, in which 18 interviews were carried out with nurses from the ESF in the countryside of the state of Goiás. Following transcription, the data were subjected to thematic content analysis and the following categories were identified: Supervision with that sees it all and Supervision is participating and working together.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the findings, it is clear the character of control and monitoring that is carried out primarily through printed instruments and home visits, which constitute vertical and impositive relations, and suffer influence of the local health management. Another finding is the supervision as acting together and with the educational perspective.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The supervision carried out does not provide the changes intended by the ESF.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana Sterci da
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil, giovanacalcagno@furg.br.
authors.forename: Cinira Magal
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Fortuna
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria José Bistafa
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil, giovanacalcagno@furg.br.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matumoto
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus Catalão, GO, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabiana Ribeiro
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Franciele Maia
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Marciano
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jael Bernardes
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Department of Maternal-Infant Nursing and Public Health, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Silvana Martins
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mishima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003150:Community Health Workers; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D055815:Young Adult