Construção do Modelo Lógico e indicadores do Programa Academia da Saúde de Belo Horizonte

Abstract

Promotion of health has been increasingly legitimized in recent years, especially with the implementation of programs that seek to boost individuals' quality of life. In this sense, understanding and evaluating a health promotion program becomes relevant for its planning, which provides greater visibility from a political point of view and better use of public resources. Constructing the Logical Model refers to the graphical representation of what a program is, while indicators are instruments for measuring a reality, enabling a portrayal and monitoring of situations and facilitating the evaluation and planning of health actions. Therefore, the present study aims to develop instruments and tools for evaluating the Health Academy Program (HAP) (PAS) in the city of Belo Horizonte, MG, in order to provide visibility to the results of its actions. For this purpose, the adopted methodology was a qualitative, descriptive approach based on document analysis, in order to construct and validate the logical model and indicators of the Health Academy Program (HAP) (PAS) in Belo Horizonte. The data collection and analysis were divided into three stages. The first stage involved gathering data from documents and the information system related to the Health Academy Program (HAP) (PAS) of the Municipal Health Department (MHD) (SMSA) of Belo Horizonte. The second stage involved constructing the logical model and validating it with the coordination of Municipal Health Department (MHD) (SMSA) for the Health Academy Program (HAP) (PAS) in Belo Horizonte. In the final stage, the indicators of the program were developed stratified into three phases: structure, process, and outcome. The document analysis allowed for an understanding of the Health Academy Program (HAP) (PAS) in Belo Horizonte, the redefinition of its objective, and the problem that it aims to solve through its operation. One ordinance and twenty-one internal documents were identified, along with seven documents from the Health Department, considered important for this analysis. As a result of constructing the Logical Model, it was possible to understand the Health Academy Program (HAP) (PAS) at the municipal level, outline its objectives, target audience, and identify the problem that the program aims to overcome, envisioning its results and impacts. Another important outcome was the development of twenty indicators for the Health Academy Program (HAP) (PAS) in Belo Horizonte, intended to indicate to what extent the objectives were achieved within a specific timeframe. For this purpose, the indicators were stratified into eight structural indicators, seven process indicators, and five outcome indicators. Regarding the outcome indicators, as they are the ones that in some way provide visibility to the results of the Health Academy Program (HAP) (PAS) actions, they refer to the subjective perception of users' health, the prevalence of chronic bodily pain, the comparison of continuous medication use for noncommunicable chronic diseases in the evaluation and reevaluation, the interest in comparing the Body Mass Index (BMI) of overweight and obese users, and comparing the score of the Clinical-Functional Vulnerability Index-20 (CFVI-20) (IVCF-20) of Health Academy Program (HAP) (PAS) users. It is also worth noting that this research enabled the delivery of a technical product, consisting of a detailed report containing the logical model and a record for each indicator produced for the Health Academy Program (HAP) (PAS), promoting improvement in the quality of service offered to the population.