The use of medicinal plants (MP) supports the integrality of care in Primary Health Care (PHC), enabling appreciation of popular knowledge and self-care. This integrative literature review aims to analyze researches that approach the ion of using MP...
Post-graduate training, provision and fixation of medical professionals in primary care are important challenges yet to be overcome in Brazil. Recently, there was a strong expansion of Family Medicine Residency Programs in the country, with little in...
Objective: To identify the prevalence of and factors associated with dynapenic abdominal obesity (DAO) in older adults in a city in the northern region of Brazil. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 382 community-dwelling older adults ...
This study aims to understand the production movements of the Urgency and Emergency Care Network in two health regions. It is characterized as a qualitative multiple case study and was developed through open interviews with managers of the Brazilian ...
The purpose of the article is to analyze the characteristics of national health surveys conducted in Brazil and England by their respective Statistics institutes. In Brazil, the National Health Survey (PNS) was considered and in England, the Health S...
The National Primary Care Policy (PNAB) provided a significant change in terms of health actions in the riverside territory, creating health teams and equipment appropriate to the needs of the Amazon region. The teams of Riverside Health and River He...
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is the third coronavirus to cause severe disease in humans and to spread globally in the past two decades. In this context, several national public health departments, including the Brazilian Ministry of He...
The objective of the study was to present and problematize the innovation actions for the qualification of Primary Health Care (PHC), showing an experience that can be adapted and implemented in different contexts, considering the different sociodemo...
