Challenges of dimensioning the workforce to the conformation of the health care network

Authors

  • Desirée dos Santos Carvalho
  • Elisabet Pereira Lelo Nascimento
  • Gislene Henrique de Souza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i61p4818-4827

Keywords:

Human resources management, Health management, Regionalization, Organizational Downsizing

Abstract

Objective: This article aims to identify and analyze the challenges posed to the dimensioning of the workforce for the conformation of the Health Care Network (RAS), from the perspective of the organizational arrangements produced in the Unified Health System (SUS), over the years in Brazil. Method: This is a theoretical essay, supported by documentary analysis and non-systematic review of the literature, the regulations and publications of the Ministry of Health, academic and scientific materials. Results: Reveals that several ways of identifying workforce needs are described, however, a method that considers the composition of the RAS and/or regional indicators as parameters in the workforce sizing calculations has not been identified. Conclusion: It is imperative to expand research, disseminate more practical experiences on the subject and develop methodologies for sizing the workforce that consider the systemic integration of RAS services, health needs and the territory.

Author Biographies

Desirée dos Santos Carvalho

Nurse and teacher, specialist in Management of Work and Health Education and master in Public Health. SUS worker at the Hospital Conceição Group / Ministry of Health, she was a tutor in the Health Work Management Governance Project as a researcher at the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology / Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation, currently a researcher at Centro de Centro of Innovation in Management of Education and Health Work - CIGETS at the Federal University of Goiás.

Elisabet Pereira Lelo Nascimento

Sanitary nurse, Master in Nursing and PhD in Public Health. Technical support from the Department of Management of Work and Education in Health of the Municipal Health Secretariat of Campinas, was coordinator of the Project of Governance of Management of Work in Health as a researcher at the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology/Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation , is currently a researcher at the Center for Innovation in Management of Education and Work in Health - CIGETS at the Federal University of Goiás.

Gislene Henrique de Souza

Specialist in Management of Work and Education in Health and Public Management, MBA in People Management. She works in the Office of the Specialized Health Care Secretariat/Ministry of Health, was a tutor in the Health Work Management Governance Project as a researcher at the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology/Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation and a researcher at the Center for Innovation Center in Health Education and Work Management - CIGETS at the Federal University of Goiás.

Published

2021-02-01

How to Cite

dos Santos Carvalho, D. ., Pereira Lelo Nascimento, E. ., & de Souza, G. H. . (2021). Challenges of dimensioning the workforce to the conformation of the health care network. Saúde Coletiva (Barueri), 11(61), 4818–4827. https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i61p4818-4827

Issue

Section

Artigos Cientí­ficos