Avaliação da atenção primária à saúde na perspectiva de gestantes

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the attributes of Primary Health Care (PHC) provided by the Family Health Strategy (ESF) teams to pregnant women in four Community Health Centers, being 2 CSC located in the southern master plan and 2 CSC in the northern master plan of Palmas-TO. This is a descriptive, transversal, quantitative approach study. A sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire was used to collect data to characterize the profile of pregnant women, and the Primary Care Assessment Tool - PCATool/Brazil (adult version) was used to evaluate PHC. 80 pregnant women participated in the study. Among the items analyzed, the attributes with the highest scores were: First contact access/use and coordination/integration of care. And the attributes with lower scores were: First contact access/accessibility, Integrality/available systems, Integrality/services provided and Community orientation. The study concluded that pregnant women consider PHC as their regular source of care; however, the presence of care failures was evidenced due to the fact that most of the attributes were evaluated below the desirable level, and it was necessary to improve the structure and performance of PHC in order to qualify women's health care, especially during pregnancy.