Abstract
to assess the presence and extent of Primary Health Care attributes in Campina Grande, Paraíba. this is a cross-sectional study with 202 professionals from the Basic Health Units. The Primary Care Assessment Tool, Brazil, was used, which includes eight attributes of primary care whose scores were converted into a scale from 0 to 10, with those considered satisfactory > 6.60. the general score mean was 7.6, but First contact access obtained a score of 3.7. Dental surgeons attributed the worst scores for all attributes (p <0.05). Permanent education activity was associated with a high general score (p <0.01). with the exception of First contact access, the other attributes are present, but initiatives by teams and managers are necessary for its expansion, with permanent education being the main strategy in this process.
Highlights
OBJECTIVEPrimary Health Care (PHC) must form the basis of the health system and the gateway to the service network, integrating and coordinating them to meet the most frequent health needs in the population[1]
202 health professionals were interviewed, distributed among nurses (43.6%; n=88), doctors (34.6%, n=70) and dental surgeons (21.8%; n=44) who worked at the Basic Health Units (BHU) of Campina Grande
Regarding the characteristics of training and professional education, the median of time passed after graduation was 16 years (SD=12.26), with professionals who graduated from a public institution (71.78%), completed or were studying some type of graduate degree in PHC (77.2%), of which specialization was the most frequent type (58.91%)
Summary
OBJECTIVEPrimary Health Care (PHC) must form the basis of the health system and the gateway to the service network, integrating and coordinating them to meet the most frequent health needs in the population[1]. To be characterized as a provider of quality PHC, the Ministry of Health (MoH)(4) indicates the organization of these services in order to obtain four attributes, namely: essential attributes - first contact access, longitudinality, coordination of care, and comprehensiveness; and derived attributes - family orientation, community orientation, and cultural competence[1]. These attributes can be assessed using the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCATool), developed at Johns Hopkins University[5]. This study used the professional version, which was adapted and validated for Brazil[6]
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