title: [A method for the implementation and promotion of access to comprehensive and complementary primary healthcare practices].
abstract: The rendering of integrated and complementary practices in the Brazilian Unified Health System is fostered to increase the comprehensiveness of care and access to same, though it is a challenge to incorporate them into the services. Our objective is to provide a simple method of implementation of such practices in Primary Healthcare, derived from analysis of experiences in municipalities, using partial results of a master's thesis that employed research-action methodology. The method involves four stages: 1 - defininition of a nucleus responsible for implementation and consolidation thereof; 2 - situational analysis, with definition of the existing competent professionals; 3 - regulation, organization of access and legitimation; and 4 - implementation cycle: local plans, mentoring and ongoing education in health. The phases are described, justified and briefly discussed. The method encourages the development of rational and sustainable actions, sponsors participatory management, the creation of comprehensivenessand the broadening of care provided in Primary Healthcare by offering progressive and sustainable comprehensive and complementary practices.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Av. Professor Henrique da Silva Fontes 6100, Trindade, 88036-700 Florianópolis SC, Brazil. melcostasantos@gmail.com
authors.forename: Melissa Costa
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Charles Dalcanale
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Tesser
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011996:Records