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0998/2011 - The performance of the nutritionist in Primary Health Care in a large urban center
A atuação do nutricionista na Atenção Básica à Saúde em um grande centro urbano.

Author:

• ANA MARIA CERVATO-MANCUSO - Cervato-Mancuso, A.M. - SÃO PAULO, SP - UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO - <cervato@usp.br>

Co-author(s):

• Larissa Vicente Tonacio - Tonacio, L.V. - Centro Universitário São Camilo - <lrs_tnc@yahoo.com.br>
• Erika Rodrigues da Silva - Silva, E. R. - Faculdade de Saúde Pública da USP - <erikinharod@gmail.com>
• Viviane Laudelino Vieira - Vieira, V.L. - Faculdade de Saúde Pública da USP - <vivianevieira@usp.br>

Thematic Area:

Avaliação de Serviços de Saúde

Abstract:

The nutritionist is an important professional to implementate health promotion, treatment and rehabilitation. However his participation in primary health care from the quantitative point of view is limited. The city of São Paulo has experienced an uneven urbanization process triggering new situations of food and nutrition insecurity. This article analyzes the performance of the primary health care nutritionist in a large urban center. This is a quantitative study that used data from the Municipal Health Secretariat, population data of São Paulo and a semi-structured questionnaire applied in individual interviews. There are 123 nutritionists in Health Basic Care Network. All regions of the city are presented with fewer nutritionists compared to the recommendation. There are 51 nutritionists in Family Health Support Nuclei (FHSN) (57.3%). Each nutritionist from FHSN accompanies on average 7.1 family health strategy teams. The age groups that correspond to children are seen less frequently by nutritionists. Comparing the activities, we can observe the transition from a model of primary health care focused on individual care to a model which prioritizes the group care.

Keywords:

primary health carehuman resourcenutritionurban center

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Cervato-Mancuso, A.M., Tonacio, L.V., Silva, E. R., Vieira, V.L.. The performance of the nutritionist in Primary Health Care in a large urban center. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Jan). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-performance-of-the-nutritionist-in-primary-health-care-in-a-large-urban-center/9310



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