Home pharmaceutical care in the family health strategy

Abstract

This work developed and evaluated a tool to assist in the planning, execution, data recording and evaluation of the actions of the pharmaceutical home visit in the Family Health Strategy team. The first phase comprised the construction of the pharmaceutical home visit tool, through a focus group and discourse analysis. The professionals' view on the role of the pharmacist and his professional practice was discussed, especially in home visits in primary health care units. In the second phase, the form developed in the previous step was used during the home visit by 32 pharmacists, and adequacy, clarity, effectiveness / precision, feasibility and suggestions for the tool were evaluated. All study participants effectively perform home visits in the Family Health Strategy in the city of Rio de Janeiro. According to an expressive evaluation of the participants, the instrument was considered adequate, clear, effective, precise and feasible for use in the practice of home visits, and is an important assistance to the professional in performing home pharmaceutical care in that city.