Saúde, integralidade e cuidado: Concepções de gestores de unidades básicas de saúde

Abstract

Integrative and Complementary Practices (ICP) are a significant tool both for broadening access to services and for qualifying them from the perspective of integral health care. The objective of this study was to analyze the conceptions of health, integrality, and care for the manager of the Basic Health Unit who does not offer or no longer offers the integrative and complementary practices in a metropolitan region. Descriptive exploratory study of qualitative approach carried out between the months of November and December 2018, with 24 managers from 16 municipalities. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews, which were recorded, transcribed and thematically analyzed, with the help of Nvivo 11 software. Two categories emerged from the data analysis: Managers' Conceptions about health and Managers' Conceptions about integrality in ICPs. It is concluded that managers of PHC services in the Metropolitan Region of Goiânia demonstrate that the reproduction of actions and practices centered on the biomedical model still persists, although managers recognize its limitations. It is factors such as these that make it difficult to implement and expand new models of care, such as PIC.