ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTES OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND THEIR EXPRESSION IN THE FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY ON ACCESS, CARE, AND EQUITY
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https://doi.org/10.56238/levv16n55-092Keywords:
Primary Health Care, Family Health Strategy, Equity, Health Care, TerritoryAbstract
Considering that Primary Health Care has become the structural basis of Brazil’s Unified Health System and that the Family Health Strategy now assumes a central role in organizing care, the need emerged to understand how its essential attributes appear in daily territorial practices and influence community health. This study aims to analyze how access, longitudinality, comprehensiveness, and care coordination are expressed within the FHS, particularly in contexts marked by social inequalities and growing demands for equity. To this end, a qualitative, documentary, and analytical approach was carried out, supported by national and international literature and guided by methodological contributions from Minayo (2014), Creswell (2014), and Bardin (2016). In this way, it is observed that the FHS demonstrates strong capacity to create bonds, organize care flows, identify vulnerabilities, and respond sensitively to territorial specificities, strengthening its effectiveness as a Primary Health Care model. This allows us to conclude that the consolidation of the Family Health Strategy depends on continuous investments and recognition of its strategic role, since its territorial presence contributes to reducing inequalities and sustaining humanized and comprehensive care.
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