Práticas corporais nos documentos oficiais sobre práticas integrativas e complementares em saúde: uma análise crítica
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Esta investigación analizó los usos de la expresión “prácticas corporales” en documentos
gubernamentales sobre prácticas integradoras y complementarias en salud (PICS) en el Sistema
Brasileño de Salud: 13 nacionales y 14 de los estados. Las publicaciones federales usaron esa
expresión, tendenciosamente, vinculada a la Medicina Tradicional China, agregando otras ‘prácticas
corporales y mentales’, ‘cuerpo-mente’ y ‘expresivas’, la mayoría orientales. En los textos estatales
(Políticas de los Estados de PICS) se observó esa tendencia y otras nomenclaturas, definiciones
y ejemplos, incluyendo prácticas no caracterizadas como “integradoras”. El análisis señaló
incoherencias, diferenciando los conceptos “actividades físicas”, “prácticas corporales” y “prácticas
corporales integradoras”, siendo el último una propuesta unificadora de las prácticas corporales
vinculadas a las PICS. Se sugieren las “prácticas corporales integradoras como concepto orientador
para una reclasificación oportuna, desafiadora e importante de esas prácticas, hacia la coherencia y la
facilitación de la comunicación, el registro, el monitoreo y la evaluación de las PICS y la referencia
para trabajadores y gestores.
This study analyzed the uses of the expression “bodily practices” in 13 federal and 14 state government documents addressing integrative and complementary health practices (ICHPs) in the Brazilian National Health System. The federal government publications tended to use the expression in association with traditional Chinese medicine, along with other “bodily and mental”, “body-mind” and “expressive” practices, most of which were Oriental. In the state government documents (state ICHP policies), this trend was observed together with other nomenclatures, definitions and examples, including practices not characterized as “integrative.” The results pointed to inconsistencies, with differing concepts of “physical activity”, “bodily practices” and “integrative bodily practices”, with the latter constituting a unifying proposal for bodily practices linked to ICHPs. We suggest that “integrative bodily practices” should be used as a guiding concept to promote an important, challenging and opportune reclassification of these practices in order to create greater consistency and facilitate the communication, recording, monitoring and evaluation of ICHPs and provide a reference for workers and managers.
This study analyzed the uses of the expression “bodily practices” in 13 federal and 14 state government documents addressing integrative and complementary health practices (ICHPs) in the Brazilian National Health System. The federal government publications tended to use the expression in association with traditional Chinese medicine, along with other “bodily and mental”, “body-mind” and “expressive” practices, most of which were Oriental. In the state government documents (state ICHP policies), this trend was observed together with other nomenclatures, definitions and examples, including practices not characterized as “integrative.” The results pointed to inconsistencies, with differing concepts of “physical activity”, “bodily practices” and “integrative bodily practices”, with the latter constituting a unifying proposal for bodily practices linked to ICHPs. We suggest that “integrative bodily practices” should be used as a guiding concept to promote an important, challenging and opportune reclassification of these practices in order to create greater consistency and facilitate the communication, recording, monitoring and evaluation of ICHPs and provide a reference for workers and managers.
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Terapias complementares, Medicina integrativa, Sistema Único de Saúde, Política de saúde, Exercício físico, Complementary therapies, Integrative medicine, Brazilian National Health System, Health policy, Physical exercise, Terapias complementarias, Medicina integradora, Sistema Brasileño de Salud, Política de salud, Ejercicio físico
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ANTUNES, Priscilla de Cesaro; TESSER, Charles Dalcanale; FRAGA, Alex Branco. Práticas corporais nos documentos oficiais sobre práticas integrativas e complementares em saúde: uma análise crítica. Interface, Botucatu, v. 29, e250036, 2025. DOI: 10.1590/interface.250036. Disponível em: https://www.scielo.br/j/icse/a/MXpQWk83gmrzhTCZdnX7xJg/?lang=pt. Acesso em: 23 jul. 2026.