Impacto da vulnerabilidade social no trabalho de uma estratégia saúde da família: percepção dos profissionais da equipe técnica

Abstract

The Family Health Strategy, in its implementation in the 90s, was a method to strengthen Primary Health Care of the Unified Health System, bringing with it guiding principles, and thus being a new assistance model, with a focus on issues such as care to families, health promotion, linking to users and intersectoral actions. Since the legislation of Unified Health System creation, the correlation between health conditions and factors such as feeding, incomes, basic sanitation, among others, has been considered. Thus, there is currently recognition of the association between social determinants of health and vulnerability, as opposed to a strictly biomedical view of the health-disease process. In this work, the impact of social vulnerability was analyzed, as well as its reflexes in the work process of an Family Health Strategy, based on the perception of the professionals of the technical team. An exploratory qualitative study was carried out, using semi-structured interviews with seven professionals from the technical team of an Family Health Strategy. The interviews were transcribed and, subsequently, underwent a content analysis. In this way, based on the professionals’ perception, it was also possible to identify weaknesses and demands in the work of the technical team and of the health network.