Primary Health Care in the Federal District: access after the transition to the Family Health Strategy

Authors

  • Valquíria Luiz dos Santos Alves Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Governo do Distrito Federal - DF
  • Josué Miguel de Oliveira Faculdades Planalto Central (FPC)
  • Swedenberger do Nascimento Barbosa Ministério da Saúde (MS)
  • Kellen Cristina da Silva Gasque Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ-DF)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28998/rpss.e02409009esp

Abstract

Introduction: This study is based on the expansion of the Family Health Strategy in the Federal District, with Primary Health Care acting as a pillar of the universal public health system, which has enabled important advances and improvements in health care and in more concrete health promotion actions. In the Federal District, the process of expanding Primary Health Care was the result of the Plan to Convert the Traditional Model into the Family Health Strategy and emerged with the prospect of improving health and expanding access to Basic Health Units. Objective: To identify the changes and improvements associated with the expansion of the Family Health Strategy. Method: This is a qualitative-quantitative, analytical, and descriptive study, whose participants are health professionals and users of two Basic Health Units in different health regions. Results: The results show that the Family Health Strategy has gradually assumed its role as the main component of access to Primary Health Care. There is an urgent need to strengthen its foundations to achieve greater resoluteness and care, in a structured way. Conclusions: The care policy should be strengthened throughout the Family Health Strategy, particularly in relation to spontaneous requests and minor emergencies. This text is the result of the stricto sensu postgraduate program Professional Master's Degree in Family Health (PROFSAÚDE).

Keywords: Primary Health Care; Equity in Access to Health Services; National Health Strategies; Public Health Systems.

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Author Biographies

Valquíria Luiz dos Santos Alves, Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Governo do Distrito Federal - DF

Graduada em Enfermagem pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC-GOIÁS) e mestranda em Saúde da Família na Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brasília (FIOCRUZ-DF). Enfermeira da Secretária Estadual de Saúde do Governo do Distrito Federal - DF. CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8435211050240287 / ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5077-9669

Josué Miguel de Oliveira, Faculdades Planalto Central (FPC)

Graduado em Odontologia pelo Instituto Euro-Americano de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia (EUROAM) e Formação Pedagógica de Docentes pela Faculdade Apogeu (ACIE_PPROV), mestre em Odontologia pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB) e mestrando em Telemedicina e Telessaúde pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Professor das Faculdades Planalto Central (FPC). CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/7223654614954334 / ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5077-9669

Swedenberger do Nascimento Barbosa, Ministério da Saúde (MS)

Graduado em Odontologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), mestre e doutor em Ciências da Saúde pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB).  Assessor Especial do Presidente da República e Professor na Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brasília (FIOCRUZ-DF). CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8225365888904509 / ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6231-2291

Kellen Cristina da Silva Gasque, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ-DF)

Graduada, mestra e doutora em Odontologia pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP);com pós-doutorado em Biologia Óssea pelo Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute (SBMRI), Estados Unidos. Professora na Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ-df). CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2892285758338828 / ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2015-2717

Published

2024-06-05

How to Cite

Alves, V. L. dos S., Oliveira, J. M. de, Barbosa, S. do N., & Gasque, K. C. da S. (2024). Primary Health Care in the Federal District: access after the transition to the Family Health Strategy. Revista Portal: Saúde E Sociedade, 9(Especial). https://doi.org/10.28998/rpss.e02409009esp

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