Family Health strategy: a public initiative aimed at materializing the right to health among vulnerable populations - a critical bibliographic review

• Autor(a) principal: Eugenio, Samira Janis
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Arena Ventura, Carla Aparecida
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos Ibero-Americanos de Direito Sanitário (Online)
• DOI: 10.17566/ciads.v6i3.402
• Texto Completo: https://www.cadernos.prodisa.fiocruz.br/index.php/cadernos/article/view/402
• topic: Saúde da Família; Pobreza; Direito à Saúde; Family Health; Poverty; Right to Health; Salud de la Familia; Pobreza; Derecho a la Salud

The Family Health Strategy (FHS) was created in order to reorganize the concept of primary care in the country  based on its fundamental principle of fairness, completeness and universality. Objective: Assuming the Family Health Strategy was a strategy to ensure the right to health,  this study seeks to identify improvements in the quality of life among vulnerable populations after its  implementation. Methods:  The chosen method consists of a literature’s critical review. 12 studies conducted in Brazil during the period 2006-2011 were identified at the  PubMed, Lilacs, Web of Knowledge and CINHAL databases. Results:  A marked improvement in the quality and conditions of life of individuals assisted, their families and communities was identified in the sites where the FHS was implemented. The data points to  the effectiveness of health promotion activities implemented by health professionals  in all  areas of activity. It suggests that the FHS tries to ensure the effective fulfillment  of the right to health by understanding individuals holistically,  supporting them at their various levels of complexity and in their own family, social and cultural contexts. Conclusion:  The FHS is a new strategy and is still experiencing  considerable challenges.  Notwithstanding the difficulties, of the strategy is promising as agent of transformation of reality and as a supporting tool to the rights of individuals, including the right to health.