Gestão da estratégia saúde da família: o desafio de consolidar a intersetorialidade

Abstract

Family Health Strategy is a remarkable strategy for building a new model of healthcare assistance. Such model is based on the perspective of rights and also based on the concept of integrality and intersectoriality. By the way, intersectoriality is a major guideline on the Strategy, without which we can not understand healthcare on a broad perspective, given the multiple factors that interfere in the process health/disease. The implementation of the Strategy on policies in general demand institutional mechanisms for its effectiveness. Based on these points above, the present study focuses on analysing the intersectoriality at Family Health Strategy in Juiz de Fora, its implementation in the city and the tools being currently used to promote such concept in Juiz de Fora. The methodology we used here lies on qualitative approach, which comes out of a field work that we did along with reputable healthcare professionals involved in promoting FHS. These professionals comprise healthcare assistance unit managers, family healthcare counselors and FHS coordinators. The results shown by this study appoint that intersectoriality still has a long way to go, not only in its proper management policies but also in the everyday life of healthcare professionals. It is possible to notice the lack of intersectorial projects that involve the whole city. Moreover, there must be more mechanisms to bring intersectorial ideas into everyday activities at FHS. This is a major challenge and the way to overcome it is involving managers, professionals and healthcare assistance users in the building of a democratic management in order to achieve the fulfillness of healthcare assistance.