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Prenatal Care for Adolescents and attributes of Primary Health Care

OBJECTIVE: evaluate prenatal care for adolescents in health units, in accordance with the attributes of Primary Health Care (PHC) guidelines. METHOD: quantitative study conducted with health professionals, using the Primary Care Assessment Tool-Brazil to assess the presence and extent of PHC attribu...

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Autores principales: Barbaro, Maria Cristina, Lettiere, Angelina, Nakano, Ana Márcia Spanó
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4292691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24553710
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3035.2390
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: evaluate prenatal care for adolescents in health units, in accordance with the attributes of Primary Health Care (PHC) guidelines. METHOD: quantitative study conducted with health professionals, using the Primary Care Assessment Tool-Brazil to assess the presence and extent of PHC attributes. RESULTS: for all the participating units, the attribute Access scored ≤6.6; the attributes Longitudinality, Coordination (integration of care), Coordination (information systems) and Integrality scored ≥6.6, and the Essential Score ≤6.6. Comparing basic units with family health units, the attribute scores were equally distributed; Accessibility scored ≤6.6, the others attributes scored ≥6.6; however, in the basic units, the Essential Score was ≤6.6 and, in the family health units, ≥6.6. CONCLUSION: expanding the coverage of family health units and the training of professionals can be considered strategies to qualify health care.