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0084/2026 - Overview of the Supply of Programs in Secondary Vocational Nursing Education: Competing Interests
Panorama da Oferta de Cursos de Formação Técnica de Nível Médio em Enfermagem: Interesses em Disputa

Author:

• Adriana Katia Corrêa - Corrêa, AK - <adricor@eerp.usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1496-6108

Co-author(s):

• Célia Alves Rozendo - Rozendo, CA - <celia.rozendo@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3264-4452
• Janaína Paula Calheiros Pereira Sobral - Sobral, JPCP - <nainacalheiros2@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4299-7569
• Ana Lucia Jezuino da Costa - Costa, ALJ - <anajezuinocosta@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7466-7475
• Maria Auxiliadora Córdova Christófaro - Christófaro, MAC - <dora.cicero@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0564-2332
• Érika Rodrigues de Almeida - ALMEIDA, ER - <erika.almeida@saude.gov.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-00022034-5079
• Lívia Milena Barbosa de Deus e Méllo - Deus e Méllo, LMB - <livia.mello@saude.gov.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5737-751X
• Jacinta de Fátima Sena da Silva - Silva, JFS - <jacsenna31@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0809-0413


Abstract:

The large number of nursing assistants and nursing technicians has an impact on health care. Our objective is to analyze data regarding the supply of vocational nursing programs in Brazil from 2018 to 2022: the number of schools, their categorization as public or private, the number of programs, the enrollments and their kinds. Microdata from the School Census of the Anísio Teixeira National Institute of Educational Studies and Research (INEP) were used. In 2022, 1,855 schools offered these programs, 80% of which were private. In the public sector, the State supply prevailed. However, in 2018, it accounted for only 19.5% of the supply. In 2018, 40 schools were Federal (2.4%) and in 2022, 35 schools (1.9%). The total number of programs was 2,568 and there was an increase in enrollments from 304,528 in 2018 to 359,034 in 2022. The 2019 figure was seven times larger than the second best on the environment & health segment. In 2019, 87% of enrollments were in private schools. The subsequent enrollment kind prevailed. There is a discrepancy between the predominance of private supply of programs and the vocational education sufficient to the SUS. The need for a public policy in vocational health education, including nursing, for the fight for fundamental changes is reinforced.

Keywords:

Unified Health System; Vocational Education; Human Resources; Nursing; Public Policy.

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Corrêa, AK, Rozendo, CA, Sobral, JPCP, Costa, ALJ, Christófaro, MAC, ALMEIDA, ER, Deus e Méllo, LMB, Silva, JFS. Overview of the Supply of Programs in Secondary Vocational Nursing Education: Competing Interests. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2026/Apr). [Citado em 14/08/2026]. Está disponível em: http://www.cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/overview-of-the-supply-of-programs-in-secondary-vocational-nursing-education-competing-interests/19982



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