The meaning of professional making at family health strategy: primary care as scenario practice

Abstract

Objective: recognizing the meanings attributed to the professional by health professionals working in a Family Health Strategy. Method: this is a field research, descriptive of qualitative approach. The study setting was one Family Health Strategy of the municipality of Santa Maria where two teams operate. Participants were selected as lottery and composed the study: a nurse, a doctor, a technique of nursing and six community health agents, totaling nine participants. The technique of data collection was semi-structured interviews and analyzed according to thematic analysis. Results: the categories were constructed: team assignments and welcoming and team work: issues inherent in working in the Family Health Strategy. Conclusion: it is emphasized the need to rethink the practices of teams for each encounter with the user is seen as a chance for health promotion actions is implemented

A influência da Estratégia Saúde da Família no uso de serviços de saúde por adultos hipertensos no Brasil

“…In the context of diseases such as SAH, the Family Health Strategy (FHS) can increase the use of medical appointments, promote treatment and maintenance of controlled blood pressure levels, according to the patient's characteristics, and help reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Thus, it may decrease hospitalizations, and improve the quality of life and well-being of these individuals 10,11 . In this sense, this study verified the main social determinants of the registration of households in the FHS and the influence of this strategy on the use of health services by adults who reported SAH in the National Health Survey (Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde -PNS) 2013.…”

“…From this perspective, hypertension is one of the focus of FHS' work, as it is a highly prevalent disease in Brazil [1][2][3] and because of the complications it can cause to its bearers 1,2 . The FHS also assists in guiding, monitoring pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments and changing the lifestyle in hypertensive patients 11 .…”

Counter-referral in Emergency Care Units: discourse of the collective speech

“…In this sense, embracement becomes a powerful space for the humanization of health services, through qualified listening to the user, identification of their needs and a team work to solve their problem. Embracement is therefore an inherent tool not only for the work on the Family Health Strategy (FHS), but also guides and facilitates the organization of work in UPAs (21)(22) . In the perspective of good practices in PC, embracement becomes a point of intersection between different subjects and care practices, unfolding in dimensions, such as dialogue, posture and reorganization of services, triggering transformations in the work process, relationships established in the care space and at the organizational level (23) .…”