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0200/2021 - Primary Health Care sustainability in remote rural territories at the fluvial Amazon: organization, strategies and challenges
A Sustentabilidade da Atenção Primária à Saúde em territórios rurais remotos na Amazônia fluvial: organização, estratégias e desafios

Author:

• Márcia Cristina Rodrigues Fausto - Fausto, M. C. R. - <marciafausto@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0746-3684

Co-author(s):

• Ligia Giovanella - Giovanella, L. - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - <ligiagiovanella@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6522-545X
• Juliana Gagno Lima - Lima, J. G. - <julianagagno@gmail.com, julianagagno@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5576-0002
• Lucas Manoel da Silva Cabral - Cabral, L. M. da S. - <admlucascabral@gmail.com>
• Helena Seidl - Seidl, H. - <helseidl@gmail.com, helena.seidl@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1255-5041


Abstract:

The article analyzes singularities of the Primary Health Care (PHC) organization in remote rural municipalities (RRM) in the Amazon under the influence of rivers and discusses challenges for comprehensive care in the Unified Health System (UHS). This is a qualitative and quantitative study of multiple cases in seven RRMs through the analysis of interviews with managers, visits to services and secondary data. The RRM of the fluvial Amazon are small, with a sparse, dispersed population living in conditions of social vulnerability. Long distances, rivers and transport irregularities interfere with access to PHC services. The Family Health Strategy is implemented in the municipal system, however areas without assistance coverage, unavailability of PHC services and adaptations to the Strategy imposed by the characteristics of the context remain. The challenges are related to the financing, provision and fixation of the workforce and barriers of geographic access compromise the PHC response capacity in UHS. PHC sustainability requires strategic measures, resources and actionsmultiple sectors and public agents; national support policies with feasibility for local execution, so that PHC services are established and make sense in such unique spaces.

Keywords:

Primary health care; Rural health; Amazônia.

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Fausto, M. C. R., Giovanella, L., Lima, J. G., Cabral, L. M. da S., Seidl, H.. Primary Health Care sustainability in remote rural territories at the fluvial Amazon: organization, strategies and challenges. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2021/Jun). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/primary-health-care-sustainability-in-remote-rural-territories-at-the-fluvial-amazon-organization-strategies-and-challenges/18099



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