The implementation of the National Oral Health Policy aimed to organize care networks in the Unified Health System. The investigation aims to evaluate the flow of dental services in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, northeast of Brazil. This is a qualitative research, which used the Primary Health Care, Secondary (Center for Dental Specialties) and Tertiary Care. In the study, 04 managers and 09 dentists from the s...
Objetivo: Apreender a percepção dos farmacêuticos acerca da Assistência Farmacêutica (AF) na Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS) com ênfase nas pesquisas e ações realizadas. Métodos: Realizaram-se entrevistas em profundidade com sete farmacêuticos pesquisadores, gerentes e profissionais vinculados à AF do município de Fortaleza, em 2015, utilizando-se processo avaliativo em perspectiva múltipla, plural e construtivi...
The community health worker (CHW) is a link between professionals in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) and the community. This study aimed to analyze healthcare personnel’s and managers’ perceptions of the role of the CHW in caring for frail elderly. A qualitative study was conducted from a hermeneutic-dialectic perspective with 38 professionals caring for elderly people in municipalities in the five regions of ...
O artigo discorre acerca das implicações da pesquisa em saúde nos cenários da atenção primária à saúde (APS). Analisa o modo como o conhecimento produzido pela investigação científica repercute no cotidiano dos serviços da APS, dando ênfase aos processos de produção, disseminação e utilização dos resultados. Para tanto, realizou-se um estudo avaliativo participativo do tipo estudo de caso, ancorado na teoria co...
This investigation sought to understand how mental healthcare is being produced within primary healthcare, from the experiences of professionals, users and family members, picked up through semistructured interviews. The information obtained was categorized according to features observed in effecting the interface between primary care and mental health, described as: medicationalization of mental health problem...