The main goal of my graduation paper was to assess the scope, structure, targeting implemented active employment policy instruments used to reduce unemployment and developing human resources in the labor market in the selected region.I outlined the possibilities how to solve the impact of the economic crisis on the regional labor market. The content of this graduation paper is a characteristic of the region, assessing the development in the labour market. A substantial part is applied to employment policy, especially the analysis and evaluation of the tools, which implemented active employment policy and ESF projects in the region to mitigate the impact of the economic crisis.An important and necessary application of the active employment policy for unemployed persons opens the possibility to re-integrate these persons into the labor market, to get a job

The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the opportunities in the development of (un)employment and to solve the established problems using the support of the structural fund of the European Union. The thesis uses the analysis of the labour market of the Písek region. It focuses on one of the two structural funds of the EU ? European Social Fund, and its targets and operational programmes for the period 2007 ? 2013. The main function of the European Social Fund is to develop employment, to support social integration of people and equal opportunities with concentration on the growth of the labour market and human resources. Theoretical part of the thesis uses primarily sources of subject literature, publications released by information centres of the EU, internet resources, laws and annual reports of the labour market situation in Písek in individual years. The practical part characterizes the Písek region, the labour market, the unemployment rates and evaluation of the working opportunities. Then the thesis evaluates the utilization of the tools of unemployment active politics and of the financial resources of the European Social Fund. On the basis of the obtained resources, data and information, the author presents suggestions for solving the labour market situation in Písek.

Var fjärde elev som påbörjar studier i den svenska gymnasieskolan avslutar inte studierna med fullständiga betyg inom fyra år. Forskning visar att elever som hoppar av sina studier lider större risk att hamna utanför arbetsmarknaden, vilket bortsett från det personliga lidandet leder till samhällsekonomiska kostnader. Många ekonomer har beskrivit värdet på det humankapital som ackumuleras under studietiden samt den signaleringseffekt det innebär på arbetsmarknaden att klarat av en gymnasieutbildning. Syftet med denna studie är att få ökad förståelse kring de potentiella effekterna av det ESF-finansierade projektet Plug In som pågick i 47 kommuner mellan 2012–2015 och är det i särklass största nationella projektet för att motverka studieavhoppen i de svenska gymnasieskolorna. Den sammanlaga kostnaden för projektet var närmare 200 miljoner kronor och idag finns det en uppföljare till projektet, kallat Plug In 2.0. En kvantitativ effektutvärdering av Plug In utfördes av Ramböll 2015, en utvärdering som inte kunde påvisa några signifikanta effekter som kunde bindas till insatsen i antalet avbrott för de kommuner med åtminstone en skola som deltog i projektet. Nysläppt data från Skolverket över andel elever som på skolenhetsnivå avslutat sina studier med fullständiga gymnasiebetyg har gett möjligheterna till denna mer pregnanta utvärdering där effekterna på längre sikt för första gången undersöks. Skolor i Göteborgsregionens Kommunförbund som deltog i projektet har matchats med skolor av liknande karaktär i jämförbara kommuner och med hjälp av en Difference-in-Difference modell mäts projektets sannolika påverkan av deltagare i projektet.

Submitted by JOSÉ HONORATO BEGALI (jhbegali@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-06-30T22:21:06Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Jose_Honorato_Begali.pdf: 3794475 bytes, checksum: fea4fe0c4791c5df4dad3adb67c8e3e1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Paula Grisoto (grisotoana@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-07-04T18:54:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 begali_jh_me_jabo.pdf: 3794475 bytes, checksum: fea4fe0c4791c5df4dad3adb67c8e3e1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-04T18:54:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 begali_jh_me_jabo.pdf: 3794475 bytes, checksum: fea4fe0c4791c5df4dad3adb67c8e3e1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / The Support Nucleous to Family Health (NASF) was created to expand the coverage and the scope of the Primary Care actions and to increase its resolution. Made up of professionals from different areas of knowledge, it must act interactively, supporting the professional from the Family Health Strategy Team (ESF) and sharing the practices and knowledge about health in the areas under their responsability. The veterinarian can be part of the NASF team, but there are few towns which included this professional, as well as the amount of NASF units in Brazil. This thesis was thought in order to provide subsidies for the proposal of a NASF deployment with the insertion of this professional, using as a basis for study the city of Machado/MG. The main demands in health were checked through a check-list to the community health agents (ACS), nurses and nurse assistants from the ESF teams and the evaluation of the number of cats and dogs as well as their reproductive profile. Two questionnaires were developed and applied for the analysis of the population and the ACS’s perception about zoonosis, especially rabies, the analysis of the ESF health professionals’ perception about the Primary Care Structure, the veterinarian role in the Public Health in both moments of the research. The main detected demands in human health were diabetes, hypertension, obesity, sexually transmitted diseases, alcoholism, drugs use, early pregnancy and accumulators. Regarding the environmental and animals related conditions, we can point out the accumulation of trash, breeding spots of mosquitos, the presence of cats and dogs on the streets, as well as synanthropic animals, mainly doves, rats and ticks, and agressions caused by dogs or cats. The canine and feline population was also estimated in 10.300 animals, from which only 5% are castrated. The questionnaires analysis show that the population and the ACS know little about the veterinarian activities in the Public Health. The Health professionals have a better perception, but not satisfactory, and the problems in the human and animal health interfaces in the environmental context are varied. Therefore, it’s intended to create a NASF Team Modality 1, with a veterinarian included in it, taking part directly to the sanitary measures, which are essential for the Primary Care, inside the paradigm “One world, one health”. / O Núcleo de Apoio à Saúde da Família (NASF) foi criado para ampliar a abrangência e o escopo das ações da Atenção Básica e aumentar sua resolubilidade. Composto por profissionais de diferentes áreas de conhecimento, este deve atuar de maneira integrada apoiando os profissionais das equipes de Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) e compartilhando as práticas e saberes em saúde nos territórios sob sua responsabilidade. O médico veterinário pode compor a equipe do NASF, mas ainda são poucos os municípios que incluíram esse profissional, assim como a quantidade de NASF’s no Brasil. Este trabalho foi idealizado com o objetivo de oferecer subsídios para a proposta de implantação de um NASF com inserção deste profissional utilizando como base de estudo o Município de Machado/MG. Foram verificadas as principais demandas em saúde por meio de aplicação de um check-list aos agentes comunitários de saúde (ACS), enfermeiros e auxiliares de enfermagem das equipes de ESF e avaliação do número de cães e gatos e seu perfil reprodutivo; dois questionários foram desenvolvidos e aplicados para análise da percepção da população e dos ACS sobre zoonoses, em especial a raiva, análise da percepção dos profissionais de saúde atuantes na ESF sobre a estrutura da Atenção Básica, e percepção sobre o papel do médico veterinário na saúde pública, em ambos os momentos da pesquisa. As principais demandas em saúde humana detectadas foram diabetes, hipertensão, obesidade, doenças sexualmente transmissíveis, alcoolismo, uso de drogas, gravidez precoce e acumuladores. Quanto às condições ambientais e as que envolvem animais destacam-se acúmulo de lixo, criadouros de mosquitos, presença cães e gatos nas ruas, presença de animais sinantrópicos, principalmente pombos, ratos e carrapatos, e agressões por cão ou gato. Também foi estimada a população canina/felina em 10.300 animais; apenas 5% são castrados. A análise dos questionários mostra que as pessoas e os ACS conhecem pouco sobre as atividades do médico veterinário na Saúde Pública; os profissionais de saúde têm uma percepção melhor, mas não satisfatória; e os problemas nas interfaces da saúde humana e animal no contexto ambiental, são variados. Portanto, propõe-se a criação de uma equipe de NASF modalidade 1 com um médico veterinário inserido na equipe participando diretamente das ações sanitárias, as quais são fundamentais para efetivar a Atenção Básica, dentro do paradigma “Um mundo, uma Saúde”.

Submitted by Lúcia Brandão (lucia.elaine@live.com) on 2015-12-07T18:43:06Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação- Jefferson Calixto Carvalho.pdf: 758867 bytes, checksum: 0a833803ea9defdf0265717a5ab7ed85 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Divisão de Documentação/BC Biblioteca Central (ddbc@ufam.edu.br) on 2016-01-19T15:14:28Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação- Jefferson Calixto Carvalho.pdf: 758867 bytes, checksum: 0a833803ea9defdf0265717a5ab7ed85 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Divisão de Documentação/BC Biblioteca Central (ddbc@ufam.edu.br) on 2016-01-19T15:32:25Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação- Jefferson Calixto Carvalho.pdf: 758867 bytes, checksum: 0a833803ea9defdf0265717a5ab7ed85 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-19T15:32:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação- Jefferson Calixto Carvalho.pdf: 758867 bytes, checksum: 0a833803ea9defdf0265717a5ab7ed85 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-12-12 / Não Informada / The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between the presence of oral health care team (OHCT) in Brazilian primary health care program named Family Health Strategy (FHS) and oral impact on daily performances of adolescents, assessed through Child-OIDP in Manaus city, AM. The study included 300 adolescents aged 12 to 14 years living in two areas of coverage by the FHS, 150 living in an area with OHCT for at least 2 years and 150 living in an area without OHCT. Both areas have similar Human Development Index. In the pilot study it was observed a substantial reliability (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient=0.927) and an almost perfect internal consistency (alpha Crombach=0.70). The adolescents were selected in public schools where the interviews were carried out to collect demographic and socioeconomic data, behavioural habits and dental pain measures, and to answer the ChildOIDP questionnaire. Dental clinical examinations were performed to assess caries using DMF-T index and oral health needs assessment. The frequency of adolescents with at least one oral impact on daily performances was statistically higher in the area without OHCT (90.0%) compared with the area with OHCT (79.3%). Mean of Child-OIDP was also higher in the area without OHCT compared with the area with OHCT (12.42 vs. 8.80, p<0.001). In logistic regression, the oral impact on daily performances (Child-OIDP ≥ 1) was independently associated with the absence of OHCT (OR=4.4 [95% CI=1.1-17.0]). The presence of oral health care team was associated with less adolescents’ oral impact on daily performances living in areas of coverage by Family Health Strateg / O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a associação entre a presença da equipe de saúde bucal (ESB) na estratégia de saúde da família (ESF) e o impacto de problemas bucais nas atividades diárias de adolescentes, empregando o Child-OIDP em Manaus, AM. O estudo foi conduzido em duas áreas de abrangência pela ESF, sendo entrevistados 150 adolescentes de 12 a 14 anos em uma área com ESB e 150 em uma área sem ESB. As duas áreas apresentam IDH semelhantes e possuíam ESF implantada há pelo menos 2 anos. No estudo piloto foram avaliadas as propriedades psicométricas do Child-OIDP, sendo observada uma reprodutibilidade substancial (Coeficiente de Correlação Intraclasse de 0,927) e a consistência interna quase perfeita (Alfa Crombach de 0,70). Os adolescentes foram selecionados nas escolas públicas para a coleta de dados demográficos, socioeconômicos, e de hábitos comportamentais, para a avaliação de dor dental e depois entrevistados com a utilização do Child-OIDP. Exames clínicos foram conduzidos para avaliação de cárie com índice CPO-D e necessidade de tratamento dental. A freqüência de adolescentes com pelo menos um impacto de problemas bucais nas atividades diárias foi estatisticamente maior na área sem ESB na ESF (90%) em comparação com a área com ESB na ESF (79,3%). A média do Child-OIDP foi maior na área sem ESB na ESF em relação à área com ESB na ESF (12,42 vs 8,80, p<0,001). Na regressão logística, a presença de impacto da saúde bucal nas atividades diárias (ChildOIDP ≥ 1) foi associada independentemente com a não presença de ESB na ESF (OR=4,4 [IC95%=1,1-17,0]) após ajuste para variáveis socioeconômicas. A presença de equipe de saúde bucal na ESF esteve associada com o menor impacto dos problemas de saúde bucal nas atividades diárias de adolescentes residentes em áreas de abrangência da ESF.

This diploma work analysis financial situation in the years 2003-2005 of Poter Company and suggest possible solutions. Moreover this work consists of a project suggestion to ask the grant from the European Social Fund to implement the method of Balanced Scorecard (BSC), which is a near goal for the Company.

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Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka ifall formell utbildning bidrar till utveckling av lärandemiljö. Ett sekundärt syfte med detta arbete är att undersöka ifall innovations möjligheter ökar under befintlig lärandemiljöer. För att uppnå undersökningens syfte gjordes en enkätundersökning som besvarades av de inblandade företagens medarbetare. Målgruppen var anställda med olika poster inom de fem olika företagen. Kartläggning har genomförts med hjälp av tre olika enkäter som innehöll olika frågor som bland annat tog upp; företagsfakta, könsfördelning, kompetensutveckling, organisation, yrkesutveckling, förändringsarbete, utbildning och lärandemiljö. Studien framför även mer allmänna kortfattad information rörande EU projekt Sala Industrier samt övergripande beskrivning av deltagande företagen till exempel företagens storlek, arbetsuppgifter, spetskompetens och personalfakta. Därefter introduceras en teoretisk referensram där lärande, kompetensutveckling, information och kommunikation, formell och informell kunskap diskuteras som centrala tema i berörda organisationer, exempelvis redogörs i studien för olika drivkrafter mot ökad kompetensutveckling och lärande. Utifrån den teoretiska referensramen och en större datainsamling som genomfördes i form av enkäter och intervjuer, där förekom frågor som tog upp bl.a. lärandemiljön och kompetensutveckling. En analys genomfördes på insamlad data från enkätundersökningen utifrån studiens metod och teoriavsnitt. En viktig frågeställning inför framtida studier är att diskutera och analysera vilka utgångspunkter som finns för lärande och kompetensutveckling hos de inblandade företag eller andra företag som kan erfara liknande scenario. Med anledning av detta är det främst lärandemiljön och kompetensutveckling som koncentreras och diskuteras i studien t.ex. hur en lärandeorganisation ser ut och hur den lärandemiljön förändrats. Slutsatsen är att Salagrupps-företagens kompetensutveckling och lärandemiljö påverkas starkt av dåvarande rådande situation i form av finanskrisen i företagen, vilket i sin tur påverkade de berörda anställda i företagen, både positiv och negativ, beroende på olika faktorer som kommer att framföras i studien. Sammantaget tyder resultaten på en ganska samlad bild beträffande lärandemiljö och kompetensutveckling, resultatet på detta arbete kan skilja sig från andra liknande arbeten då finanskrisen som tema kan ha påverkat anställdas syn på kompetensutveckling och lärandemiljöer. / The purpose of this study is to investigate whether formal education contributes to the development of learning environment. A secondary objective of this work is to investigate whether the innovation potential increases in existing learning environments. To achieve the purpose of the survey was a questionnaire that was answered by the involved companies' employees. The target group of employees with different positions in the five different companies. Mapping has been conducted using three different questionnaires that contained various questions that included, among others; company facts, gender, skills, organization, professional development, change management, training and learning environment. The study also presents more general brief information on EU projects Sala Industries and comprehensive description of the participating companies, for example, size of firms, tasks, expertise, and personnel data. Then introduced a theoretical framework in which learning, skills development, information and communication, formal and informal knowledge is discussed as central theme in relevant organizations, such as outlined in the study for various driving forces for increased skill development and learning. Based on the theoretical framework and a larger data collection was conducted in the form of questionnaires and interviews, there were issues raised including learning environment and skills development. An analysis was conducted on data collected from the survey based on the study's methodology and theory section. An important question for future studies is to discuss and analyze the starting points available for training and competence of the involved companies or other businesses that may be experiencing similar scenario. For this reason , it is mainly the learning environment and skills development that is concentrated and discussed in the study eg how a learning organization look like and how the learning environment changed. The conclusion is that Sala Issues Task Force corporate training and learning environment is strongly influenced by the then prevailing situation in terms of the financial crisis in the enterprises, which in turn affected the affected employees in companies, both positive and negative , depending on various factors which will be performed in the study. Overall, the results suggest a fairly comprehensive picture regarding the learning environment and skills development; the results of this work may differ from other similar works since the financial crisis as a theme may have affected the employees' views on skills and learning environments. / الغرض الاساسي او الرئيسي من هذه الدراسة هو التحقق فيما إذا كان للدورات التعليمية من اثر في تطوير البيئة التعليمية واذا ما كانت تساهم في رفع مستواها سواء لناحية الموظف والشركة على حد سواء . أما الهدف الثانوي فيتمثل في التحقق من مدى تاثيرها في زيادة معدلات الابتكار في البيئة التعليمية المنوه عنها . لتحقيق الغرض من هذه الدراسة كان لابد من اجراء استبيان مع بعض الموظفين في عدد من الشركات بلغ عددها خمس شركات .وتمحور الاستبيان حول. الفئة المستهدفة من العاملين مع المواقف المختلفة في خمس شركات مختلفة. وقد أجريت رسم الخرائط باستخدام ثلاثة استبيانات مختلفة وهذا الوارد في الأسئلة المختلفة التي شملت، من بين أمور أخرى ؛ اسئلة تتعلق بالوضع الوظيفي للمستخدم (نوع العمل مدة العمل ظروف العمل) ، جنس المستخدم ، مهاراته ، التطوير المهني ، قابليته للتطور ومدى وتحسين بيئة التعليم للشركة والشخص. وتتضمن الدراسة معلومات موجزة عن االمشروع المشترك والقائم بين الاتحاد الاوروبي ومجموعة صالا الصناعية وتشمل الدراسة البيان الوظيفي . بنية الشركات مهامها ميدان عملها اختصاصها الموظفين مهاراتهم البيئة التعليمية ومدى قدرتهم على التطور والابتكار. ثم قدم إطارا نظريا في تنمية المهارات و المعلومات والاتصالات، و تبيان الفارق ما بين المعرفة النظرية والمعرفة المكتسبة كموضوع رئيسي في الشركات المعنية وتتطرق الدراسة للدوافع والحوافز الموجودة في الشركات بغية تشجيع اكتساب المهارات وتطوير ظروف العمل وبالاستناد الى الدراسات السابقة والقواعد النظرية المعمول بها والمشار اليها في سياق الدراسة المقدمة تم التطرق الى المزيد من الاسئلة في سياق الاستبيان حول عدد من المواضيع ومن اهمها تنمية المهارات وتطوير بيئة العمل . ومن ثم أجري التحليل على البيانات التي تم جمعها من المسح وتمت المقارنة ما بينها وما بين القواعد النظرية المعمول بها هناك. سؤال مهم مستقبليا موجه للدراسات المستقبلية حول كيفية الاستفادة من الدراسة الحالية او من التجربة الحالية بغية تفادي الاخطاء المستقبلية الناتجة عن التطبيق الخاطئ للقواعد النظرية المعمول بها .وبتضمن المشروع ايضا نقاش وتحليل مجالات التدريب و اختصاص الشركات المعنية أو الشركات الأخرى التي قد تكون تعاني من سيناريو مماثل. تخلص الدراسة الى ان تطوير المهارات وبيئة التعليم في مجموعة صالا تاثر كثيرا بالوضع المالي والاقتصادي والتي تاثرت بدورها بالازمة الاقتصادية العالمية الامر الذي انسحب بدوره على الموظفين سلبا وفي بعض الاحيان ايجابا والذي تطرقنا وبيناه في متن الدراسة . فيما يتعلق بالدراسة فانها لا تختلف عن نظيراتها من الدراسات السابقة الا لناحية ابراز ان العامل الخارجي المتمثل بالازمة الاقتصادية العالمية اثر بشكل اساسي على تنمية مهارات الموظفين في المجموعة وعلى خلق بيئة عمل افضل.

Diplomová práce se zabývá zhodnocením neziskového projektu o žadatelých o azyl na trhu práce. Použitou metodologií je analýza přínosů a nákladů (CBA). Práce se také dotýká legislativy žadatelů o azyl, zvláště té, která je ovlivňuje při vstupu na trh práce.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T13:16:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 2314975 bytes, checksum: b52c825ff0bbca8a690ac22e6ed6cc7d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-15 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The Family Health Strategy (ESF) consists in a public policy aimed at basic health care providing services of prevention, education and protection to the health of the community. Like any government policy, the ESF should be evaluated in order to enhance their actions and to identify whether the strategy has achieved its objectives and assorted positive impacts in the target population. Several authors warn to the need for introduce in the analysis the actors who are directly and indirectly related to social programs (beneficiaries, service providers, administrators), because the changes in their perceptions may have important influence on the achievement and acceptance of the program, assuming thus a methodological character that can not be disregarded. The present has as main focus the healthcare team that composes the ESF. Their beliefs about prevention health, attitudes about population and the means available to accomplish their work, are fundamental variables to base the structuring of a program that aims to serve the poor population in a preventive way. In this sense, the present study aimed to evaluate the ESF from the beliefs of professionals in the Family Health Team (EqSF) who work in municipalities in rural environment of the State of Paraíba. The general hypothesis of this study is that the assessment of EqSF professionals about ESF (consequent variable) will be the result of professionals' beliefs about the factors of the final theoretical model that guides the thesis, as much as of the socio-professional profile of the workers of ESF, such as education level, occupational category to which they belong and the mesoregion where the ESF in which they work is implemented (antecedent variables). To achieve these goals, there have been done three subsequent steps: construction and validation procedures of the evaluative instrument (studies 1 and 2 respectively) and evaluation of ESF (study 3). Study 1 aimed to build the Rating Scale of ESF by EqSF with a non-probability sample, by quota, of 220 professionals of the six categories of the ESF in six municipalities of Paraíba. The scale data were processed using the statistical package SPPS through which were performed descriptive and inferential statistics that showed the emergence of five factors, which explain jointly 39.08% of the total variance of the scale and have eigenvalues (eigenvalues) greater than 1 and general internal consistency ( ) of 0.87, which indicates a good homogeneity and consistency of the items. The final version of the Rating Scale of the ESF by EqSF was applied to a non-probability sample, by quota, in which 10 municipalities were chosen from each mesoregion of Paraíba using the criterion of population distribution (less than 25 thousand people), totalizing 40 municipalities. Participated in the other studies 812 health professionals from the six categories that make up the ESF team (doctors, nurses, dentists, ACS, ACD and nursing assistants). In general, the sample studied was shown to be sufficient to examine the differences in beliefs of health professionals in regard to socioprofessional variables presenting the following major results: 1) professionals who work in inlander municipalities of Paraíba evaluated more negatively than professionals of EqSF from the other mesoregions four of the five factors of the ESF under analysis, 2) there were differences in ratings of ESF according to the occupational category revealing differentiated beliefs according to the profession and the ESF factor analysis, 3) professionals of EqSF with medium/technical education level evaluated the accessibility of care (factor III), the understanding of the ESF (factor IV) and job qualifying (factor V) more positively than higher level professionals. The findings provided by the thesis reveal both positive and negative aspects of the strategy that can be shaped in order to correct the routes to optimize the actions of this health care model in the researched locations. / A Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) consiste numa política pública destinada à assistência básica de saúde provendo serviços de prevenção, educação e proteção à saúde da comunidade. Como toda política governamental, a ESF deve ser avaliada com o intuito de incrementar suas ações, bem como para identificar se a estratégia tem alcançado seus objetivos e surtido impactos positivos na população-alvo. Diversos autores alertam apara a necessidade de se inserir nas avaliações os atores que estão direta e indiretamente ligados aos programas sociais (beneficiários, prestadores de serviço, gestores), pois as variações de suas percepções podem ter influência relevante na consecução e aceitação do programa, assumindo desta forma um caráter metodológico que não pode ser negligenciado. O presente estudo tem como foco principal é a equipe de saúde que constitui a ESF. Suas crenças sobre saúde preventiva, atitudes sobre a população, e os meios que dispõe para efetivar o seu trabalho, são variáveis fundamentais para embasar a estruturação de um programa que visa atender a população carente de modo preventivo. Neste sentido, o presente estudo objetivou avaliar a ESF a partir das crenças dos profissionais da Equipe de Saúde da Família (EqSF) que trabalham em municípios do ambiente rural do Estado da Paraíba. A hipótese geral deste estudo é que a avaliação dos profissionais das EqSF acerca da ESF (variável conseqüente) será resultado das crenças dos profissionais acerca dos fatores do modelo teórico final que orienta a tese, bem como do perfil sócio-profissional dos trabalhadores da equipe da ESF, como o nível de escolaridade, a categoria profissional a que pertencem e a mesorregião em que a ESF em que trabalham está implementada (variáveis antecedentes). Para alcançar tais objetivos, foram realizadas três etapas subseqüentes: procedimentos de construção e validação do instrumento avaliativo (estudos 1 e 2 respectivamente) e avaliação da ESF (estudo 3). O estudo 1 visou construir a Escala de Avaliação da ESF EqSF com uma amostra não-probabilística, por quota, de 220 profissionais das seis categorias da ESF de seis municípios da Paraíba. Os dados da escala foram tratados através do pacote estatístico SPPS por meio do qual foram realizadas estatísticas descritivas e inferenciais que mostraram a emergência de cinco fatores que explicam conjuntamente 39,08% da variância total da escala e apresentam autovalores (eigenvalues) superiores a 1 e consistência interna ( ) geral de 0,87, o que indica uma boa homogeneidade e consistência dos itens. A versão final da Escala de Avaliação da ESF pela EqSF foi aplicada a uma amostra não-probabilística, por quota, na qual foram escolhidos 10 municípios de cada mesorregião paraibana utilizando-se o critério de distribuição populacional (menos de 25mil habitantes), totalizando 40 municípios. Participaram dos demais estudos 812 profissionais de saúde das seis categorias que compõem a equipe da ESF (médicos, enfermeiro, dentistas, ACS, ACD e auxiliar de enfermagem). De modo geral, a amostra pesquisada mostrou-se suficiente para examinar as diferenças de crenças dos profissionais de saúde no tocante às variáveis sócio-profissionais apresentando os seguintes resultados principais: 1) os profissionais que atuam em municípios sertanejos da Paraíba avaliaram mais negativamente do que os profissionais da EqSF das demais mesorregiões quatro dos cinco fatores da ESF sob análise; 2) houve diferenças nas avaliações da ESF segundo a categoria profissional revelando crenças diferenciadas segundo a profissão e o fator da ESF analisado; 3) os profissionais da EqSF com nível de escolaridade médio/técnico avaliaram a acessibilidade ao atendimento (fator III), a compreensão da ESF (fator IV) e a capacitação profissional (fator V) de modo mais positivo do que os profissionais de nível superior. Os achados proporcionados pela tese revelam aspectos tanto positivos quanto negativos da estratégia que podem ser modelados no sentido de corrigir as rotas para otimizar as ações deste modelo assistencial em saúde nas localidades pesquisadas.