Indicadores de saúde e planejamento em saúde: percepções de uma equipe de estratégia de saúde da família

Abstract

The study aims to understand the meaning of health information in the planning process in a Family Health Strategy team. Qualitative, participatory and interventional research that used to collect data the focus group methodology with 19 professionals of a Family Health Strategies, from November to December 2017. From the analysis of content emerged such thematic nuclei: conception and meanings of epidemiological data and health indicators; using health indicators in planning actions; and identification of fragilities and proposals to overcome the challenges in the health planning process. The study made it possible to reveal relevant aspects of the institutional context of the team in terms of understanding the design, production and processing of epidemiological data and health indicators, as well as their use in the planning process. The planning of actions in this team is very incipient and it is observed that the management model is a determining factor of the limited current logic. In order to qualify the work processes, it is relevant to understand the need to mobilize reflections among professionals about the ways to plan their actions and assume a role of active subjects.