Gerentes de atención básica en salud: estudio de una capital brasileña

The objective was to characterize the profile of the managers of the Basic Health Units (BHU) with teams of the Family Health Strategy in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out with 31 BHU managers located in eight health districts. Sociodemographic data wer...

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Published in:Revista gerencia y políticas de salud 2022-01, Vol.21
Main Authors: Oliveira Sousa, Marcos Henrique, Luciano Bairros da Silva, Elaine Cristina Tôrres Oliveira, Lupicinio Íñiguez Rueda
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Employment contracts
Health care management
Higher education
Primary care
Professionalization
Social sciences
Sociodemographics
Work experience
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Summary:The objective was to characterize the profile of the managers of the Basic Health Units (BHU) with teams of the Family Health Strategy in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out with 31 BHU managers located in eight health districts. Sociodemographic data were collected. This data is related to gender; age; type of employment; training area; experience in the area of management and time spent in the role of manager. It was identified that the managers are, for the most part, females (67.7 %); aged between 30 and 39 years (35.5 %); with higher education in the area of applied social sciences (42.9 %); with work experience in commissioned functions (93.6 %); with experience in management without being in health (38.7 %) and with less than one year in the exercise of the function (29 %). It is observed that the municipality complies with the recommendations of the National Primary Care Policy –all BHU have a manager. as well as that most of professionals had the minimum requirements to perform the function. Nevertheless, there was a high number of managers with unstable and insecure employment contracts and exercising the management function without experience in the health care area. Both, the immediate definition of specific criteria for selection and the degree of professionalization are considered necessary, as well as the prioritization of employment contracts that ensure the rights of the worker and a greater stability in function for these professionals.
ISSN:1657-7027
DOI:10.11144/Javeriana.rgps21.gabs