Assessment of Primary Health Care Attributes in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Abrantes,Rafaela Simão de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Monteiro,Débora Lana Alves, Luz,Aline de Paula Rêgo Graciano, Olinda,Ricardo Alves de, Padilha,Wilton Wilney Nascimento
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020001700178
• topic: Public Health; Primary Healthcare; Health Services Research; Health Personnel; Public Health Professional

ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the presence and extent of Primary Health Care attributes in Campina Grande, Paraíba. Method: this is a cross-sectional study with 202 professionals from the Basic Health Units. The Primary Care Assessment Tool, Brazil, was used, which includes eight attributes of primary care whose scores were converted into a scale from 0 to 10, with those considered satisfactory > 6.60. Result: the general score mean was 7.6, but First contact access obtained a score of 3.7. Dental surgeons attributed the worst scores for all attributes (p <0.05). Permanent education activity was associated with a high general score (p <0.01). Conclusion: with the exception of First contact access, the other attributes are present, but initiatives by teams and managers are necessary for its expansion, with permanent education being the main strategy in this process.