Avaliação da vulnerabilidade de famílias assistidas na Atenção Básica

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Tharsila Martins Rios da
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Alvarenga, Márcia Regina Martins, Oliveira, Maria Amélia de Campos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por; spa
• Título da fonte: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rlae/article/view/48635
• topic: Família; Avaliação em Saúde; Vulnerabilidade; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Determinação de Necessidades de Cuidados de Saúde; Assistência Integral à Saúde; Familia; Evaluación en Salud; Vulnerabilidad; Atención Primaria de Salud; Evaluación de Necesidades; Atención Integral de Salud; Family; Health Evaluation; Vulnerability; Primary Health Care; Needs Assessment; Comprehensive Health Care

OBJECTIVE: to characterize the profiles of families in the area covered by a Primary Health Center and to identify those in a vulnerable situation. METHOD: this is an epidemiological, observational, cross-sectional and quantitative study. 320 home visits were made, defined by a random sample of the areas covered by the Urban Center 1 in the city of São Sebastião, in Brazil's Federal District. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection, elaborated based on the Family Development Index (FDI). RESULTS: there was a predominance of young families, women, and low levels of schooling. The FDI permitted the identification of families in situations of "high" and "very high" vulnerability. The most critical dimensions were: "access to knowledge" and "access to work". CONCLUSION: the study indicated the importance of greater investments in the areas of education, work and income, and highlighted the need for the use of a wider concept of vulnerability by the health services.