Family’s Health-Strategy in Brazil: An Analysis of its Applicability

This article studies the Brazilian public health policy – Family’s Health Strategy (ESF by its Spanish acronym) - verifying, through the analysis of daily life, its organization, functioning and social networks around it. The research was carried out in a Primary Health Care Unit (UAPS by its Spanis...

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Main Authors: Luiz Antonucci, Maria das Dores de Loreto, Amelia Bifano, Edna Miranda, Diego Procópio
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Language:Spanish
Published: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2017-01-01
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Online Access:http://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/1462
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description This article studies the Brazilian public health policy – Family’s Health Strategy (ESF by its Spanish acronym) - verifying, through the analysis of daily life, its organization, functioning and social networks around it. The research was carried out in a Primary Health Care Unit (UAPS by its Spanish acronym), where a documentary analysis of the ESF criteria was held through direct non-participatory observation, self-confrontation interviews and the study of social networks mobilized by professionals and users of this Unity. The results show, on the one hand, that in spite of the application of the principles and guidelines of the ESF in the procedures required by the UAPS, in practice, the profile that their professionals have built is the essential tool to assure the final quality of the work. And, on the other hand, the role of social networks around health reveals the strength of informal relationships and the fragility of the link between the State and the citizens.
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spelling doaj-art-82ac3c1edf3f46b4b40ec52c6b1a72632025-02-02T22:20:30ZspaFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede EcuadorÍconos2224-69831390-12492017-01-01215712513910.17141/iconos.57.2017.1462Family’s Health-Strategy in Brazil: An Analysis of its ApplicabilityLuiz Antonucci0Maria das Dores de Loreto1Amelia Bifano2Edna Miranda3Diego Procópio4Universidad Federal de Viçosa, Brasilniversidad Federal de Viçosa, Brasilniversidad Federal de Viçosa, Brasilniversidad Federal de Viçosa, BrasilUniversidad Federal de Mato Grosso, BrasilThis article studies the Brazilian public health policy – Family’s Health Strategy (ESF by its Spanish acronym) - verifying, through the analysis of daily life, its organization, functioning and social networks around it. The research was carried out in a Primary Health Care Unit (UAPS by its Spanish acronym), where a documentary analysis of the ESF criteria was held through direct non-participatory observation, self-confrontation interviews and the study of social networks mobilized by professionals and users of this Unity. The results show, on the one hand, that in spite of the application of the principles and guidelines of the ESF in the procedures required by the UAPS, in practice, the profile that their professionals have built is the essential tool to assure the final quality of the work. And, on the other hand, the role of social networks around health reveals the strength of informal relationships and the fragility of the link between the State and the citizens.http://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/1462Public policiespublic healthnormativenetworkinterconnection
spellingShingle Luiz Antonucci
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Edna Miranda
Diego Procópio
Family’s Health-Strategy in Brazil: An Analysis of its Applicability
Íconos
Public policies
public health
normative
network
interconnection
title Family’s Health-Strategy in Brazil: An Analysis of its Applicability
title_full Family’s Health-Strategy in Brazil: An Analysis of its Applicability
title_fullStr Family’s Health-Strategy in Brazil: An Analysis of its Applicability
title_full_unstemmed Family’s Health-Strategy in Brazil: An Analysis of its Applicability
title_short Family’s Health-Strategy in Brazil: An Analysis of its Applicability
title_sort family s health strategy in brazil an analysis of its applicability
topic Public policies
public health
normative
network
interconnection
url http://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/1462
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