Trabalho, Educação e Saúde - TES (Work, Education and Health) is an open access scientific journal, edited by the Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health, from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.
The aim of this study was to systematize the configurations of Family Health Support Centers. A qualitative study was conducted in three municipalities of metropolitan Recife, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, and considered data collected from focus groups in three Family Health Support Centers and analyzed through the meaning condensation technique. The study’s findings allowed the systematizing of three types of configurations: the assistive-curative, which shows great distancing from the family health support center’s goals; the semi-matrical, considered to be an intermediary configuration, and the matrical, which stays closer to the ideal model, recommended by the Ministry of Health. In conclusion, there is, on all three municipalities, a recent and fragile family health proposal that, despite its potentialities, is permeated with conflicts, contestations and uncertainties. The findings of the present study can assist in the planning and execution of actions that seek to break from various hegemonic concepts regarding the work of primary healthcare professionals.
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