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Prenatal care for adolescents and attributes of primary health care
Maria Cristina Barbaro1, Angelina Lettiere2, Ana Márcia Spanó Nakano3
1Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil, Master's student, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Objective:
evaluate prenatal care for adolescents in health units, in accordance with the attributes of Primary Health Care (PHC) guidelines.
Method:
quantitative study conducted with health professionals, using the Primary Care Assessment Tool-Brazil to assess the presence and extent of PHC attributes.
Results:
for all the participating units, the attribute Access scored =6.6; the attributes Longitudinality, Coordination (integration of care), Coordination (information systems) and Integrality scored =6.6, and the Essential Score =6.6. Comparing basic units with family health units, the attribute scores were equally distributed; Accessibility scored =6.6, the others attributes scored =6.6; however, in the basic units, the Essential Score was =6.6 and, in the family health units, =6.6.
Conclusion:
expanding the coverage of family health units and the training of professionals can be considered strategies to qualify health care.
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