Continuing education as a strategy of public health surveillance for sustainable development.

OBJECTIVES: to describe the characteristics of participants and intervention projects from a continuing education course aimed at disseminating the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in smaller, remote municipalities, aligned with the surveillance of chronic conditions and noncommunicable diseases. METHODS: this is a descriptive, quantitative study conducted in the Brazilian states of Acre, Amazonas, Rondônia, and Roraima. Participants were health professionals affiliated with municipal and state public health surveillance systems. Data were collected from documents produced during a training course. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. RESULTS: a total of 93 professionals participated, 85.7% of whom were women; 29.8% were between 26 and 36 years old; 73.4% held higher education degrees, and 46 were nursing professionals. CONCLUSIONS: the course was completed by 41 participants, who implemented intervention projects aligned with SDG 3.