Perfil da oferta de práticas integrativas e complementares em saúde no âmbito da atenção básica da 28ª Região de Saúde - RS.

Abstract

The Integrative and Complementary Practices in Health (ICPH) constitute new spaces for the performance of health teams across the country. Presenting new therapeutic options, they follow the principles of comprehensive health care and humanization of care, contributing to the promotion, protection and recovery of health, along with the other therapeutic resources of the network. In addition to the natural mechanisms for preventing injuries and recovering health, they consider the expanded approach to the health-disease process, transcending the medical-assistance vision. In this context, it is important to observe and evaluate data related to ICPH in the municipalities of the 28th Health Region, outlining their profile and justifying the performance of this work. This is a descriptive epidemiological study, evaluating the profile of ICPH activities of residents in the municipalities of the 28th Health Region of Rio Grande do Sul, and the quality of the information (completeness and consistency). The objectives of the study were to describe the profile of the offer of ICPH in the scope of Primary Health Care (PHC), carried out in the municipalities of the 28th Health Region of Rio Grande do Sul, in the period from 2013 to 2019, to follow the epidemiological indicators and the performance of individual activities in the scope of primary care and subsidize recommendations for the improvement of PICS actions carried out at the municipal level, respecting the characteristics of each territory. In the current scenario of the 28th Health Region, we observe a strategic and successful strengthening of the introduction, development, improvement and multiplication of practices within the scope of SUS. Permanent Health Education Meetings (PHE) and the Regional Forum of ICPH, which are still held in the region, are important goals in the stimulating of the discussion and implementation of actions on important and impacting ICPH in the municipalities. The experimentation of practices and the sensations produced during the workshops at the PHE Meetings and the Regional Forum provide a better view of the context in which the practices are inserted in everyone's life. We observed that the components feel, experience, are fundamental in raising the awareness of participants and in mobilizing subsequent local actions, being perceived by the analysis of the research data and the awareness of health professionals and managers regarding the implementation of practices in health services is evident, having the users as direct beneficiaries. With this study, it can be considered that the result of the expansion of ICPH in PHC and in the 28th Health Region is the result of the great effort of the network’s professionals and managers, for the availability and structuring of the offer. In addition, the constant and critical observation and evaluation of the region's service data, as well as understanding its weaknesses and potential, is of great value for the subsidy of local actions and for the strengthening of the ICPH Policy within the scope of Primary Health Care of the region and the country.