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In Brazil, consistent advances occurred towards universal coverage after the creation of the Family Health Program (FHP), the main strategy for expanding first contact access and changing the care model in Brazil, strengthened from the creation of The Primary Care Floor (PAB), with resources exclusively for Primary Care, transferred to the municipalities on a regular and automatic basis. The registration of the population is one of the fundamentals of work in the Family Health Strategy (ESF), aiming to know the families enrolled in the teams. The institution of the Previne Brasil Program in November 2019 established a new funding model for PHC, with weighted capitation as one of its components, whose remuneration model is calculated based on the number of people registered. The aim of this study was to analyze the evolution of the population registered in PHC after the weighted capitation incentive creation, considering the registration in the municipalities and their behavior in the different rural-urban municipal typologies and the population size. The study showed that in 76.1% of the municipalities there was an increase in registrations in the analyzed period, regardless of the rural-urban typology and population size of the municipalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Despite the progress achieved by the Primary Health Care and Family Health Strategy in the Unified Health System (SUS) challenges still remain with regard to the universality of access and the quality of services, one of the factors being the unequal distribution of physicians. The Brazilian Government established the Mais Médicos Program (More Doctors Program), in order to move forward in the provision, placement and training of physicians in the SUS. This study consists of a review of the literature of the Mais Médicos Program, in order to map and assess the scientific production on the Program, as well as summarize the findings and present the results of the analysis. Fifty-four publications were selected, which evaluate the Program in terms of effectiveness, analysis of the implementation process, the media and the statements of the actors and assessment of the legal and constitutional precepts. The criticisms and limitations found were also systematically analyzed. With respect to the analysis, evaluations of the Program are overwhelmingly positive, showing important changes in the work processes in services and training. The studies that show the Program as being an important instrument for the effective implementation of the right to health are highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Until recently, there were no policies that induce the formation of specialists geared to the Unified Heath System (SUS). A milestone was the National Program to Support Training of Medical Specialists in Strategic Areas - Pro-Residência, created in 2009. With the launch of the Mais Médicos Program by Law n. 12.871/2013, new strategies were shaped to enhance the regulation of training specialists. This article discusses the regulatory policies of the opening of medical residency positions from the Pro-Residência and addresses changes suggested by Law n. 12.871/2013 such as universal vacancies with emphasis on Family Medicine. This is a quantitative and qualitative study that uses bibliographic and documentary research. The results show the positive effects of public policies in the number and distribution of medical residency positions. The number of professionals has been doubled between 2009 and 2014 with more significant increase in the North and Northeast regions. Furthermore, there is also the emergence of specialties previously nonexistent in these regions. New challenges arise to expand residency with necessary quality and speed, such as improved tools for the management of health human resources, with expansion and qualification of preceptorship and practice fields for training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Nutritional transition is one of the major challenges for public health policies because it demands a health care model guided by integrality and health promotion, especially in Primary Health Care. Food and nutrition are the basic requirements for health promotion and they enable the achievement of the potential of human development. This paper discusses/examines/brings reflection on the fields of food and nutrition in the context of Primary Care and Health Promotion through a descriptive and reflective methodology, reinforcing the need for a dialogue between these areas, through the interlocution between its challenges and potentials, in order to attain the principles of the National Health System. The analysis made it possible to realize the importance of the Family Health Strategy and Family Health Strategy Support for the revitalization of Primary Care, and how this place is privileged for conducting food and nutrition and health promotion activities. This relationship has potential, but also important challenges such as the need for an interdisciplinary team, which goes beyond the present conformation of family health teams, in sufficient numbers to meet the demand of skills and the development of food and nutrition actions, aiming to the principles of universality, integrality and fairness and the resolutivity of health services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper aimed to explore the political and pedagogical views expressed by managers of five Technical Schools from the Brazilian Unified Health System (ETSUS ), in five regions of Brazil. It also focused on understanding how these institutions organize and structure themselves towards their sustainability. The method searched for qualitative aspects. Data were collected from a questionnaire through the internet, and documents such as: certification of establishment, authorization, Political Pedagogical Project (PPP) and school regulations. The semi-structured questionnaire was directed to the participating institutions, to identify their sustainability within the administrative and finance, technical pedagogical and political dimensions. The technique used to organize and store data and content analysis was the document analysis, according to the methodology proposed by Bardin (2007). Results show that there had been fluctuations in the different dimensions, mainly in the finance administrative fields where the managers' governance was rather fragile. Other results pointed that the technical and pedagogical dimension, with its innovative PPP proposal, is the one that gives more sustainability to ETSUS, making them different from the formal educational system, through the incorporation of management principles to the decentralized curricula, centralized administrative processes and multi-professional acting in the field of health. Its pedagogical strength is mainly translated by the existence of the methodological axis on teaching in service integration, suitability of the curriculum to the regional context, pedagogical use of the working spaces, performance evaluation of the students under services with supervision and pedagogical follow-up, teaching in the work field by a pedagogically qualified professional having the guidelines and principles of the SUS as directions for the course plans. The political dimension was the one which provided more visibility to the school work, also capable of favoring more sustainability. The education/qualification in the municipalities has brought benefits to students/workers and allowed a closer performance to the decentralized areas of management and decision. In the conclusions, the difficulties encountered by the schools were analyzed where there is also the need to correct asymmetries in the technical pedagogical and administrative and finance dimensions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mental Health Praxis within the Family Health Strategy: contributions to build an integrated care This paper, originated in a quali-quantitative study, attempted to analyze the practices of Mental Health in Family Health Strategy teams from Brazlândia, Federal District, Brazil, concerning their potential and limits for delivering integral care to people with mental distresses in primary care. Interviews were conducted with the professionals who were trained in Mental Health. The analysis employed the method of the Discourse of the Collective Subject. The results showed that the population has limited access to mental health care, due to the lack of structured support network. There was also low capacity to solve mental health problems in the context of FHS, since the actions developed emphasize outpatient appointments and referrals to medical admissions in hospitals, what shows both the still hegemonic biomedical conception in the practices, as the dismantling of a network to ensure integral care. These results lead to the debate of qualifications of the FHS teams in mental health, in order to recognize and enjoy the potential of the bond established between teams and users/families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, the author opines on the Primary Health Care (PHC) in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). The author opines on the increase in costs of medical care which is burdensome for the developed economies, impact of diseases of the modern world including social violence, and Basic Health Units (BHU) is used to monitor the health on a daily basis including check up on diabetes, hypertension and other health problems.

Universal health coverage can be understood as a goal encompassing a series of structural measures that allow health care systems to enhance access to health care. Primary health care (PHC) should be seen as an essential component of this process, in charge of re-organizing services according to the health needs of the population. A Brazilian physician recruitment program, Programa Mais Médicos (More Doctors), has introduced a set of measures that strengthen PHC. Based on a conceptual review of universal health coverage and on an analysis of the More Doctor Program from the perspective of the results obtained in terms of strengthening PHC in the public Unified Health System (SUS), the aim of the present article was to discuss the potential contribution of the More Physicians Program to the progress towards universal coverage in the SUS. It is concluded that the More Doctors Programs is a driver of universal coverage in the public health care system in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Universal health coverage can be understood as a goal encompassing a series of structural measures that allow health care systems to enhance access to health care. Primary health care (PHC) should be seen as an essential component of this process, in charge of re-organizing services according to the health needs of the population. A Brazilian physician recruitment program, Programa Mais Médicos (More Doctors), has introduced a set of measures that strengthen PHC. Based on a conceptual review of universal health coverage and on an analysis of the More Doctor Program from the perspective of the results obtained in terms of strengthening PHC in the public Unified Health System (SUS), the aim of the present article was to discuss the potential contribution of the More Physicians Program to the progress towards universal coverage in the SUS. It is concluded that the More Doctors Programs is a driver of universal coverage in the public health care system in Brazil., Competing Interests: Conflitos de interesse. Nada declarado pelos autores.

The aim of this commentary is to respond to a published Canadian Journal of Public Health article on Brazil's family health strategy, in order to clarify some aspects - in particular, the work of community health workers - that make the strategy a unique experience. In the same vein, the authors explore the similarities, differences and peculiarities between Brazil and Québec with regard to the organizational model for primary health care.

This study sought to ascertain the facilitating and inhibiting factors and strategies used by 28 major Brazilian cities in conducting ongoing food and nutrition education within the Family Health Strategy. It involved a qualitative study of multiple cases. The data collection technique was conducted in interviews with municipal coordinators of food and nutrition campaigns from the five regions of the country. The study was conducted between 2009 and 2010. NVivo 10 software was used and content analysis was divided up into thematic categories. Forty-four professionals were interviewed, 19 of which were nutritionists. Most cities were from the Northeast and Southeast; 14 were capitals, 7 were metropolises and 14 had Family Health Suppor Units. The most frequently mentioned facilitating factors for Ongoing Education in Nutrition were partnerships and the availability of funds. The most frequent inhibiting factors were difficulty in scheduling and a lack of professionals in management of nutrition actions. The strategies most commonly used were conducting training at the local level, in groups and planning and programming. The conclusion drawn is that more investment is needed for Ongoing Education in Feeding and Nutrition to be effectively implemented.

This work is part of a national study seeking to understand the difficulties and the potential for overcoming the challenges faced in the quest to improve food and nutrition campaigns developed under the aegis of the Family Health Strategy. It is examined from the standpoint of professional teams of the Family Health Strategy and Family Health Support Centers of five major Brazilian cities. A qualitative approach was used to design a multiple case approach and the technique of focus groups was conducted to collect data. The instrument used was a semi-structured pre-tested and validated script with two leading questions. The Collective Subject Discourse technique was used for data analysis, based on which the synthesized discourses were created using the Qualiquantisoft program. Sixty health professionals from various training areas were interviewed, including dietitians, nurses and physicians. The results showed that the difficulties encountered for the provision of food and nutrition campaigns and the lack of professionals in this area have hampered compliance with the principles of comprehensiveness, universality and resolubility of health care.