Integrated residency in health: Perception of the players with emphasis on family and community health

Abstract

The study analyses the perception of the players involved in the Integrated Residency with an emphasis on Family and Community Health (RISSFC-ESP) for strengthening the Family Health Strategy (FHS). The method applied was the analytical case study, whereas 42 interviews with managers, workers, tutors, and residents from seven cities of Ceará state, Brazil, from July 2015 to August 2016, were carried out. In the perception of the respondents, the RISSFC-ESP, through the education in work dynamics, implemented multidisciplinary teams of residents in FHS and in Family Health Support Centers (NASF), promoted the health situational diagnosis of the communities; and the planning and operationalization for promoting activities and health care; thus contributing to improve health care access, integration, and coordination for users in the covered regions. Infrastructure deficits were overcome with the redefinition of the practices and the coordination of social networks in the communities.