THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TEAMS THAT ACT IN FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGYAND THE FAMILIES ASSISTED BY THEM

• Main Authors: Suzanne Pires de Sousa, Jeane Almeida de Araújo, Liliane da Consolação Campos Ribeiro, Luciana Fontana Monteiro, Mirtes Ribeiro, Thamara de Souza Campos
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2009-12-01
• Series: Cogitare Enfermagem
• Subjects: Professional-family relations; Family health; Family
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v14i4.16391
• ISSN: 1414-8536; 2176-9133

One of the proposals of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) is to promote comprehensive care for families, sothat there is an adequate interaction between health professionals and people in the individual, family and collectiveaspects. This study aims to identify the type of interaction between these professionals and families treated at the FamilyHealth Unity (FHU) in a county of the state of Minas Gerais. The study was submitted and approved by the EthicsCommittee of the Federal University of the Jequitinhonha and Mucuri. Data were collected through structured interviewsrecorded for later analysis based on the method of content analysis. The results were divided into four ways of interaction:home visits, consultations, talk and work of community health workers. This work concluded that the interaction betweenhealth professionals and families contributes to the work of the FHS.