HISTORICAL PROCESS OF CHANGES IN PUBLIC HEALTH UNTIL THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PRIMARY CARE POLICY
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Descriptors: Public Health; Family Health Strategy; Primary Health CareAbstract
Objetivo: refletir teoricamente sobre o processo histórico de mudanças na saúde pública até a implantação da Política Nacional de Atenção Básica no Brasil. Materiais e Métodos: estudo reflexivo, baseado na formulação discursiva sobre a história de mudanças na atenção primária no contexto da saúde pública. Resultados: Primary Care, acting in its uniqueness, in the integrality of actions with the pursuit of promotion, protection and recovery, in addition to preventive activities, reduction of damage or suffering, sociocultural insertion, is developed with a high level of decentralization, municipalization , capillarity, aiming to meet most of the population's demand. The National Policy on Primary Care was created with the aim of establishing organizational guidelines aimed at expanding primary care in Brazil. Conclusion: the new attributions proposed by the 2017 PNAB, the proposed changes are moving towards the commercialization of the provision of services. It is expected that these interests can converge in the realization of a more resolute and accessible PHC, collaborating with the strengthening of the SUS, instead of its dismantling.
Descriptors: Public Health; Family Health Strategy; Primary Health Care