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[Is there teamwork in the Family Health Program?]
Maria do Carmo Gomes Kell1, Helena Eri Shimizu
1Comissão de Etica do Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brazil. carmenKell@hotmail.com
Ciencia & Saude Coletiva
|July 20, 2010
Summary
Family Health Program teams unite for common goals but work in fragmented ways, hindering integrated care. This impacts their ability to create comprehensive local health projects.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Healthcare Management
- Team Dynamics
Context:
- Qualitative study in Santo Antonio do Descoberto, Goiás, Brazil.
- Focus on four Family Health Program basic teams with over six months of operation.
- Exploration of teamwork development within the Brazilian Family Health Program.
Purpose:
- To investigate the development of teamwork within the Family Health Program.
- To understand how healthcare professionals collaborate in primary care settings.
- To identify challenges and facilitators of effective team functioning in family health.
Summary:
- Teamwork is perceived as a union towards a common objective.
- Work processes are fragmented, with isolated or shared, but not integrated, functions.
- Lack of action articulation impedes the development of local assistance projects tailored to population needs.
Impact:
- Highlights the need for improved integration and interaction among Family Health Program team members.
- Suggests that enhanced collaboration can lead to more effective and population-centered healthcare planning.
- Identifies a critical gap in developing comprehensive local health projects due to fragmented teamwork.
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