The meanings about the family health strategy for a community

Abstract

Objectives: to identify the meanings about the Family Health Strategy for a community. Method: the study is a qualitative, exploratory, cross-sectional, non probabilistic and intentional sampling, composed with 20 participants using two instruments. The data from the interviews were evaluated considering the collective subject discourse approach based on the Theory of Social Representations. Regarding the data from the questionnaire, they were treated in a percentage way. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee. Results: 75% were female, aged 61 to 70 years, 30% had completed high school and 6 months to 10 years in which they live near the ESF. Two central ideas emerged "very good" and "none". Conclusion: the most of the interviewees attributed positive meanings to the insertion of the unit in their housing area. However, despite the ease of access, they still emphasize the need for improvements in services.