title: [Family Health Support Centers: challenges and opportunities from the perspective of primary care professionals in the city of São Paulo, Brazil].
abstract: Family Health Support Centers (NASF) were created in Brazil to increase the case-resolution capacity of primary healthcare. Prior to their implementation in the West Side of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, a series of workshops were held for primary healthcare professionals to prepare a proposal for such centers. Hermeneutic analysis was used to study the transcribed material. The thematic categories were: role, constitution, and functioning of the NASF, relationship with family health teams, and interdisciplinarity. The participants' expected the NASF to be an empowering device for comprehensiveness of care, intervening in an existing culture of unnecessary referrals while fostering linkage with other levels of care. The participants also expected the NASF to contribute to the discussion on health professionals' training and stimulating reflection with policymakers on health indicators based exclusively on the number of consultations. These indicators fail to reflect the impact on the services' activities and the quality of care offered to the population in the coverage area.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil. andreatenorio@usp.br
authors.forename: Andréa Tenório Correia da
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Márcia Ernani de
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Aguiar
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Winck
authors.forename: Karen Gonzaga Walter
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Mariana Eri
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Sandra Josefina Ferraz Ellero
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Grisi
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brentani
authors.forename: Izabel Cristina
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Rios
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation