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Evaluation of Family Health Strategy in Natal from the beliefs of its users
Avaliação da Estratégia Saúde da Família em Natal a partir das crenças dos seus usuários
Evaluación de la Estrategia Salud de la Familia en Natal de las creencias de usuarios
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Abstract Objective: To evaluate the Family Health Strategy in Natal/Rio Grande do Norte, through the beliefs of its
members, to verify the successes and barriers of the strategy, to provide feedback to their managers and
community and to obtain an effective health service. Methods: Exploratory and descript... view more
Objective: To evaluate the Family Health Strategy in Natal/Rio Grande do Norte, through the beliefs of its
members, to verify the successes and barriers of the strategy, to provide feedback to their managers and
community and to obtain an effective health service. Methods: Exploratory and descriptive research of
qualitative nature, where there were five focus groups, one in each Sanitary District (DS), 26 users of the Family
Health Strategy. Results: We identified a positive assessment of the location and identification of the Family
Health Units (USF). Stood out, however, problems in several areas: physical infrastructure, material resources,
human resources, accessibility of services, preventive care, referral system, understanding of the community
on the ESF, districting, link between community and professional and Municipal Health Council. Conclusion:
These factors contribute to the search for particular services.... view less
Keywords
public health; Brazil; health care; public opinion; health policy; South America; health promotion
Classification
Health Policy
Free Keywords
Family Health Strategy; Program Evaluation
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 620-626
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 9 (2017) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2017.v9i3.620-626
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed