The FHSN as Management Device: Limits and Possibilities

Authors

  • Juliana Sampaio
  • Claudia Santos Martiniano Sousa
  • Emanuella de Castro Marcolino
  • Fernanda Carla Magalhães
  • Fernanda Ferreira Souza
  • Aline Maria de Oliveira Rocha
  • Antônio Alves de Souza Neto
  • Gilberto Diniz de Oliveira Sobrinho

Abstract

Objective: This article aims to identify to what extent the Family Health Support Nucleus (FHSN) does operate certain organizational processes of local health-care system, functioning thus as a management device. Material and Methods: This study is part of a broader qualitative study on the FHSN. It is a documentary analysis and consisted of 240 hours of participant observation and 39 semi-structured interviews with managers and professionals of the FHSN of Campina Grande, PB. Results: This study showed two issues for analysis. The first point reveals that the ministerial documents on this topic leave room for a diversity of interpretation on the FHSN organization and its role in shaping local health networks. The second issue, points out to a dispute in the local context on how to operationalize the FHSN, allowing co-existence of different models. Conclusion: It is possible to expect different conformations of the FHSN, according to the direction given by the local health administrations, which has direct impacts on the defense by different health-care models in dispute in the Brazilian Unified Health System. DESCRIPTORES: Public Health. Health Management in Primary Health Care

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Published

2012-10-05

How to Cite

Sampaio, J., Sousa, C. S. M., Marcolino, E. de C., Magalhães, F. C., Souza, F. F., Rocha, A. M. de O., Souza Neto, A. A. de, & Oliveira Sobrinho, G. D. de. (2012). The FHSN as Management Device: Limits and Possibilities. Revista Brasileira De Ciências Da Saúde, 16(3), 317–324. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufpb.br/ojs2/index.php/rbcs/article/view/12572

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Vol. 16 No. 3 (2012)

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Research

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