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Suênia Gonçalves de Medeiros Diniz1, Simone Soares Damasceno2, Simone Elizabeth Duarte Coutinho3
1Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Alagoa Grande, Coordenação de Atenção Básica. Alagoa Grande, Paraíba, Brasil.
Insights
Children's healthcare within the Family Health Strategy lacks comprehensiveness in available and provided services. Restructuring services and improving professional-user relations are crucial for effective child care.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Public Health
- Healthcare Management
Background:
- The Family Health Strategy (FHS) aims to provide comprehensive primary healthcare.
- Evaluating the comprehensiveness of child healthcare within the FHS is essential for quality improvement.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the presence and extent of comprehensiveness in children's healthcare services offered through the FHS.
- To identify specific areas within child healthcare that require improvement in the FHS.
Main Methods:
- A quantitative, cross-sectional study involving 344 family members of children was conducted.
- Data were collected using the PCATool Brazil - child version.
- Descriptive and exploratory statistical analyses were employed.
Main Results:
- Comprehensiveness scores were unsatisfactory in both 'available services' and 'provided services' dimensions.
- Low scores indicate that comprehensive care is not being delivered as expected in primary care units.
- Significant issues requiring alteration were identified within the evaluated services.
Conclusions:
- Child healthcare services within the FHS require restructuring to achieve cross-sectoral performance.
- Enhancing the relationship between healthcare professionals and users is vital for promoting comprehensive and effective pediatric care.
Objective:
To evaluate the presence and extent of comprehensiveness in children's healthcare in the context of the Family Health Strategy.
Method:
Evaluative, quantitative, cross-sectional study conducted with 344 family members of children at the Family Health Units of João Pessoa, PB, Brazil. Data were collected using the PCATool Brazil - child version and analysed according to descriptive and exploratory statistics.
Results:
The attribute of comprehensiveness did not obtain satisfactory scores in the two evaluated dimensions, namely "available services" and "provided services". The low scores reveal that the attribute comprehensiveness is not employed as expected in a primary care unit and points to the issues that must be altered.
Conclusion:
It was concluded that the services should be restructured to ensure cross-sector performance in the provision of child care. It is also important to improve the relations between professionals and users to promote comprehensive and effective care.
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