Percepção dos problemas de saúde por profissionais da atenção primária do município de Porteirinha

Abstract

The Primary Health Care is the first level of contact with the health system. In Brazil, the Family Health Program is the main strategy for implementation and organization of Primary Heath Care. The Family Health Program has as a responsible for monitoring the actions of their teams the information system (SIAB), an important source for obtaining data in the health care. This study carried out the perceptions of high level professionals of Primary Health Care of Porteirinha about the local health problems measured by some indicators of the Information System of Primary Care (SIAB)/ Unified Health System (SUS). This is a quantitative research developed in PorteirinhaMG. Thirty-nine health professionals were interviewed by structured questionnaire from the thirteen Family Health Program teams. Was performed a descriptive statistical analysis, by proportions calculation. According to the professionals, most of the indicators analyzed in the research were not considered severe. Prevalence of hypertension (41.2%) and the Decayed, Missing and Filled Teeth (DMFT) index (35.3%) were the only indicators which was considered very serious, by a significant amount of professionals. These latter health problems are chronic conditions and health professionals should be prepared to revise attitudes to deal with these them, revealing the importance of knowing and working directly with the data provided by SIAB / SUS.