Abstract
ABSTRACT This study aimed to analyze the use of health indicators from the Primary Care Information System by Family Health Strategy nurses in the planning of local health action. It is a multiple case study, whose data were collected by documentary research, nonparticipant observation and semistructured interviews held with eight nurses from the teams selected, analyzed using the technique of combined thematic summary. The results evidenced the health indicators used, the health information, and criticisms made of the computerized information system. The nurses use the health indicators in planning activities related to the Family Health Strategy, but use other sources of data in order to complement the information. For them, the instrument is restricted and limited, as it is necessary to broaden the information referent to the health indicators and regionalize the instrument in order to better attend the community.
Highlights
Brazil’s Family Health Strategy (ESF) was adopted as a model for reorienting healthcare, operationalized through the implantation of multidisciplinary teams in Health Centers (HCs)
The eight cases were shown to be homogenous, probably as a result of the selection criteria adopted in this study, making it possible to observe various similarities in the accounts of the participants and in the observations undertaken in the HCs
It was common for the participants to report using the SIAB, as they consider this Health Information System (HIS) to be important for planning
Summary
Brazil’s Family Health Strategy (ESF) was adopted as a model for reorienting healthcare, operationalized through the implantation of multidisciplinary teams in Health Centers (HCs). This model’s axes are based in the establishing of a bond between service users and health professionals. The ESF has, as its principle, to work in Primary Health Care (PHC) in a holistic and continuous way, such that the health team may undertake attendance in the HC, in people’s homes, and in the community This strategy seeks to broaden the development of an approach geared towards the family and the community, inserted in their context, with contribution from professionals from various areas of care.[3]. It is necessary for the professionals to be close to the population, so as to promote the exchanging of information on individual and family health.[4]
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