Educación física y atención primaria a la salud: Apropiaciones acerca del apoyo matricial

Abstract

Primary Health Care has strengthened in Brazil in recent decades. The Family Support Health Centers have caused an increase in the range of occupations that transit through Primary Health Care. It is recommended that this inclusion and transit be guided by the “Matrix Support” logic. This article analyzes the appropriation of “Matrix Support” by Physical Education professionals. This is a qualitative study that used a focus group and participant observation with 11 Physical Education professionals from the city of Sobral, state of Ceará. The results suggest its understanding as a technical-pedagogical movement of exchange; the supporter as co-responsible, in a dimension of Co-Management of Care; as well as support as a technology that is not frozen, but rather a professional stance. Research subjects were found to comprise “Matrix Support” as a co-responsibility arrangement between experts and reference teams, which allows enhancing patient-centered care.