Abstract
Abstract Objective: to identify the perceptions of health professionals about teamwork in the Family Health Strategy. Methods: descriptive study / qualitative approach, carried out with a Family Health Strategy team. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight professionals. Data collection took place in 2017. Thematic modality/ content analysis was used for data treatment. Results: in the analysis of the data emerged three thematic categories: Constituent elements of the teamwork: contemplates important attributes for construction of teamwork, such as dialogue / collaboration / help / consensus and union; Professional specificity: it shows the accomplishment of the work based on the specificity of each profession; Teamwork at specific times: it reveals that, for the interviewees, teamwork occurs in defined moments, as in the circumstances of group attendance, in lectures and in continuing education. Conclusion and Implications for practice: Professionals perceive teamwork as one that is anchored in mutual aid, collaboration and common goals. However, in practice, the work follows the trend more individualized. Evidence of possible changes to be implemented in daily life, in order to promote the modality of teamwork, with a view to integral assistance.
Highlights
Since the 1960s, discussions have emerged on the importance of Primary Health Care (PHC) in the world
The presence of the non-material instruments of the work process as an enabler for teamwork was identified in the interviewees’ statements. They demonstrate collaboration and mutual aid as crucial attributes for teamwork.[19,20]. These findings reveal that Family Health Strategy (FHS) professionals recognize that for integral and collective teamwork, team communication, collaboration and mutual assistance are indispensable, so that each professional with his or her specific training may contribute to the work process of the health team.[11, 20]
The results show that professionals perceive teamwork as one that is anchored in mutual aid, collaboration and common goals
Summary
Since the 1960s, discussions have emerged on the importance of Primary Health Care (PHC) in the world. Brazil, in 1994, instituted the Family Health Program (FHP) and in 2009 took as its model the Family Health Strategy (FHS) within the scope of the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde, SUS), to reorganize basic care, following SUS guidelines, integrating the Health Care Networks (HCN).[4,5,6] It is worth noting that the HCN aim to provide integral care, with articulation between services, actions and professionals This seeks to be consistent with the population’s health needs, to overcome care fragmentation, to expand access to health services, and to ensure equity and universality.[4,5,7,8]
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