Abstract
Objetivo: Evaluar la calidad de la Estrategia Salud de la Familia a traves de los atributos de la Atencion Primaria en la perspectiva de los profesionales de la salud y verificar la asociacion entre eses atributos y las caracteristicas sociodemograficas y profesionales del equipo. Metodos: Estudio seccional, realizado en las unidades de salud de la familia del municipio de Serra, Espirito Santo. Para colecta de datos se utilizo 'Herramienta de Evaluacion de los Cuidados Primarios'(PCATool). Fue aplicado a 205 profesionales en los equipos de salud de la familia. Para verificar asociaciones, se realizaron los testes Exacto de Fisher y Qui-quadrado de Pearson. Resultado: Las dimensiones mejor evaluadas han sido: la instruccion familiar y la longitudinalidad. La asociacion entre el atributo esencial y el nivel de instruccion y experiencia anterior en la ESF fue significativa. Conclusion: Los profesionales ven la atencion ofrecida de manera positiva, contribuyendo para el fortalecimiento y la humanizacion de la atencion basica.
Highlights
The questionnaire That Is validated in Brazil was used, called 'The Primary Care Assessment Tool' (PCATool)
In Brazil, after the creation of the Unified Health System (SUS), there was a reinforcement of primary health care (PHC)
The Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) team consists of different professionals, with the minimum medical staff, nurse, technician or nursing assistant and community health worker, other professionals that may be necessary to municipalities may be added, as to reality and local need
Summary
In Brazil, after the creation of the Unified Health System (SUS), there was a reinforcement of primary health care (PHC). This level of care is configured and the base to determine the work of all other levels of health systems, promoting the organization and rationalization of the use of resources, basic and specialized, focusing on the promotion, maintenance and improvement of health[1]. With the implementation and organization of APS, the Ministry of Health (MOH) establishes a reordering model of health care as SUS principles, called the Family Health Strategy (ESF), which prioritizes care actions to the health of individuals, family and community, continuously and comprehensively[2]. It is essential that the team work in order to know their area, expanding the relationship with the community, quality and access to services and actions to develop strategies and interventions to trigger improvements in population health[4]
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