Possibilities of professional performance of the psychologist in the Primary Health Care context

• Autor(a) principal: Rocha, Matheus Barbosa
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Almeida, Maysa Milena e Silva, Ferreira, Breno de Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/4172
• topic: Psychology; Acting out; Primary Health Care.; Psicología; Actuación (Psicología); Atención Primaria de Salud.; Psicologia; Atuação; Atenção Primária à Saúde.

Objective: This study aimed at identifying, within the scientific evidences, the activities that characterize the psychologist’s performance in the Primary Health Care context. Methods: This is a systematic review, carried out between August and December 2015, in accordance with PRISMA protocol guidelines. “Psychology”, “Performance” and “Primary Health Care” were used as descriptors in the Virtual Health Library. Direct search using the keywords “Psychology in Primary Health Care” was the strategy adopted in the databases SciELO, LILACS and Index Psi Technical-Scientific Journals. The eligibility criteria were: a) publishing vehicles: indexed journals; b) publishing period: 2010-2014; c) language: Portuguese, English or Spanish; d) study type: empirical studies, experience reports, case studies; e) methodological quality: researches that precisely define their participants, instruments, procedures and study type. The search for articles was conducted following a thorough analysis of the abstracts of the retrieved researches, consisting in a search for studies related to the psychologist’s performance in the Primary Health Care context and that met the previously established eligibility criteria. Results: A total of 107 articles was initially found but, after reading the abstracts, the number reached a total of 11, whose full textswere read. The data indicated the emergence of two broader forms of psychologist’s performance within the Primary Health Care: performance in the Family Health Strategy and as a professional of the Family Health Support Center. Conclusion: Despite the several daily challenges, it is noticeable the implementation of practices that take into account the aspects related to the subjectivity, as well as the social, historical, economic, political and cultural aspects.