A integração entre a atenção básica e a vigilância em saúde: um estudo de caso

Abstract

This study aimed to learn about the status of the integration process between the Primary Health Care and the Health Monitoring System in a city of the metropolitan area of de Porto Alegre/RS. It is believed that the integration between such areas is fundamental for the integrality of Health Care, one of the principles of the Unified Health System. The chosen city has invested in management innovation, relying on the presence of the intitutional supporter, who prioritizes intersectoral actions, seeking articulation among the several areas of the health care system as well as of other segments external to it. It is expected that such option favors the integration between the Primary Health Care and the Health Surveillance. This study had the intent of making known the existing obstacles and the conquests already experienced throughout the integration process between the Primary Health Care and the Health Surveillance in a city of the metropolitan area of de Porto Alegre/RS. The outline of the research is based on a Case Study method. The survey techniques used were: semi-structured interview, focus group discussion, and desk research. The interpretative analysis type called Dialectical Hermeneutics was the technique used in the group for the data analysis. It has been demonstrated that the integration process between the Primary Health Care and the Health Surveillance in the city is at an advanced stage. Most of the actions are already done conjunctively and the territory of the Basic Health Care is respected by the workers in the Health Surveillance. The greatest challenge for the integration of the Primary Health Care and the Health Surveillance was the exchange of non-tenured workers for long-tenured ones in 2012. About 80% of the workers in Primary Health Care needed to be replaced. Such scenario reflected on the work routine and on the integration between the areas. The staff are still undergoing changes. Still, it is known that it will be a long time until the network is again settled. Nevertheless, after such a difficult time, it is believed that the long-tenured workers with a career plan will end up settling down, making the turnover quite less frequent. For that reason, it is thought that the future prospect tends to be better than it was before the replacement of workers and that the integration process is prone to be achieved.