Diferenciais intra-urbanos da atenção básica no município de Pomerode - SC

Abstract

With the goals of identifying the areas of the Family Health Strategy (ESF), that require more investments in public actions by the municipal health managers, and providing support for decision-making based on epidemiologic data, an ecological study was carried out in Pomerode, comparing the health conditions in eight areas. The data used to calculate the agreed basic healthcare indicators relating to the categories of women s health, children s health and diabetes and hypertension control were taken from the health information systems which are fed by the Pomerode Secretary for Health and Social Promotion, in 2005. When considering the eight areas of ESF, three groups were formed, resulting from a comparison of the areas with the general results for the municipal district. These were classified as: better, intermediate and worse health conditions for each of the categories researched. In the category children s health, the areas that need more attention are areas II and VII; the category women s health showed areas III, V and VIII as the most deficient, and the category diabetes and hypertension control showed that area VIII needs more improvements in basic healthcare. It is believed that epidemiological studies can be an important tool for supporting health interventions, in order to detect differences in health conditions within the municipal district, redirecting the priorities of the public administration and correctly allocating the scarce resources for the maintenance of the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) the Brazilian national healthcare system