Health promotion competencies: challenges of formation

Abstract

The CompHP was developed in Europe in 2012, with the aim of establishing competencies and a certification system for Health Promotion. This article aims to present a theoretical reflection about the possibilities and limits of using CompHP in health professional training in Brazil. The theoretical bases that support this reflection were sought in the scientific literature and adjusted in the debates that took place in a post-graduation discipline stricto sensu, in 2012. Several papers have discussed and elaborated guidelines for establishing skills in promoting health around the world, however, discussions of professional competencies for health promotion that have been built in Brazil are still confined to particular practices. From the analysis of scientific texts, it is clear that CompHP guidelines were minted to think about training and practice in health promotion in the European context, however, the characteristics of the model of health and vocational training model practiced in Brazil can benefit greatly from the proposed competencies that this document brings.