Author:

• ERLY CATARINA DE MOURA - MOURA, EC - BRASILIA, DF - MS - <erlycm@usp.br>

Co-author(s):

• Aline Maria Peixoto Lima - LIMA AMP - UFRB/BA - <alilima64@hotmail.com>
• Margarita Urdaneta - URDANETA M - UNB/DF - <urdanetamm@gmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Saúde e Gênero

Abstract:

This article presents and discusses the initial actions of the Brazilian National Policy of Man’s Health Integral Assistance (PNAISH) concerned to indicators used for monitoring of the promotion and assistance actions of man’s health. Multiple case study was developed among five Brazilian cities which had implanted the PNAISH: (Goiânia (GO), Joinville (SC), Petrolina (PE), Rio Branco (AC) e Rio de Janeiro (RJ).
A questionnaire was applied to verify the use of data and information required to calculate the indicators recommended by the PNAISH, concerning to health’s promotion, implementation and expansion of the man’s health assistance system, according to the planned goals contained in the local action’s plans. The results revealed a critical situation concerning to monitoring of the activities through the proposed indicators taking into account the lack of standardized procedures to calculate them. Another specific limitation encountered was the limited access or availability of data by age and sex in the health information systems. These results point out a lack of necessary indicators to define a base line situation, which make vulnerable the systematic monitoring and future evaluation of the actions.

Keywords:

man’s health indicator surveillance information system politic evaluation

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