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0018/2016 - Family health strategy benefits and challenges in primary health care in Brazil: Literature review.
Contribuições e desafios da estratégia saúde da família na atenção primária à saúde do Brasil: Revisão da literatura.

Author:

• Luciano Arantes - Arantes, Luciano - lucianoj.odonto@uol.com.br - <lucianoj.odonto@uol.com.br>

Co-author(s):

• Helena Shimizu - Shimizu, Helena - Universidade de Brasília, Saúde Coletiva - <shimuzu@unb.br>
• MARIA FÁTIMA DE SOUSA - SOUSA, M. F. de - Universidade de Brasília, Departamento de Saúde Coletiva - <fatimasousa@unb.br>
• Edgar Merchan-Hamann - Merchan-Hamann, E - Universidade de Brasília, Saúde Coletiva - <merchan.hamann@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6775-9466

Thematic Area:

Políticas em Saúde

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to analyze what contributions the family health strategy has made towards the development of primary healthcare in Brazil, and what challenges it faces. A literature review was conducted and articles were analyzedthree dimensions: political/institutional, organizational, and technical/healthcare. In the first dimension, the family health strategy was found to help expand primary healthcare, the institutionalization of evaluations, and the promotion of equity. The main challenges identified were funding, the training, education, and management of personnel, and cross-sector interaction. In terms of organization, the benefits included a broader supply of services, contact through program-based initiatives, and more comprehensive healthcare. The challenges were found to involve access, the entry point, the integration of services, planning, and social participation. As for technical/healthcare, the main benefits identified were the fostering of multidisciplinary working practices, family focus, reception, bonding, humanization, community orientation, production of care, and performance. The challenges for its improvement are conditioned to complex factors and require greater political/institutional effort. Therefore, its sustainability and development will depend on the degree of investments made by the state.

Keywords:

Primary HealthcarFamily Health StrategyPublic Health

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Arantes, Luciano, Shimizu, Helena, SOUSA, M. F. de, Merchan-Hamann, E. Family health strategy benefits and challenges in primary health care in Brazil: Literature review.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Jan). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/family-health-strategy-benefits-and-challenges-in-primary-health-care-in-brazil-literature-review/15439?id=15439&id=15439



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