The rising costs of health care and burgeoning government deficits have prompted new ways to control costs, while continuing to provide necessary health care. One method increasingly chosen by states to achieve these objectives is managed health care. There are many forms of managed care organization today. There are HMOs that provide the financing and delivery systems under the control of a single for-profit or non-profit organization; preferred provider organizations consisting of providers that have a pre-negotiated and usually discounted rate for services; administration service organizations that provide claims adjudication; and managed indemnity services organizations that use case management to control costs, while providing beneficiary freedom of choice.

Chapter 1 presents the backgrounds and research questions of the dissertation project. Although everyone hopes to die with dignity, a “good death” is often privileged. Inequality in end-of-life care in the United States is striking; older minorities are 3 times more likely to receive intrusive care and experience hospital readmission and less likely to use hospice care and die at home. With the hope to address disparities in end-of-life outcomes, as part of the Affordable Care Act, Medicare expanded its benefit and started to reimburse end-of-life care planning services from 2016. This dissertation examines the roles of health insurance policy and its advocated intervention in ensuring person-centered dying experiences in the United States and the public readiness for establishing a similar end-of-life care policy in China. The second chapter examines whether physician–patient advance care planning (ACP) discussions, the “intervention” embedded in the policy, is effective at prompting end-of-life care planning behaviors and improving end-of-life experiences. I also studied the heterogenous effects by race and ethnicity. I used exit data about 7,282 deceased Medicare-eligible respondents from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) from 2012 to 2020, a nationally representative biennial survey of U.S. older adults. I conducted latent class analysis to identify different end-of-life experiences and used multinomial logistic regression models to study the relationship between having ACP discussions with doctors and different end-of-life experiences in full and stratified samples by race and ethnicity. Then I used path analyses to test whether completing legal documentation initiated by ACP services explains the effectiveness of the intervention. The results show three types of end-of-life experiences among White, Black, and Hispanic older adults; significant effects of end-of-life care discussions with doctors on uncomfortable dying experiences and extensive use of invasive treatments in the older White population; and the partial mediating role of completion of legal health care documents on the relationship between ACP discussions and end-of-life outcomes. This study identified the limited effectiveness of physician–patient ACP discussions among minority older adults and emphasizes the importance of quality, content (e.g., to cover legal documentation during the conversation), and cultural appropriateness of ACP consultations led by doctors. The third chapter examines the heterogenous intent-to-treat effect of the Medicare policy on older adults’ motivation to plan for care by exploiting policy intervention as a natural experiment. Taking advantage of the longitudinal nature of the HRS, I used core data with 47,982 observations nested in 15,647 individuals across 9 years (2012–2020). I used two quasi-experimental models—interrupted time series analysis and difference-in-difference—to study the care-planning outcomes before and after the policy implementation between older adults eligible or not eligible for Medicare. I studied the heterogenous effects in stratified samples by race and ethnicity, immigration background, and socioeconomic status proxied by education and wealth. I used coarsened exact matching to address the potential bias of the comparison group not being the ideal counterfactual control unit. I found that in the total population, the Medicare policy was associated with a significant increase in the proportion of older adults who completed a living will and designated a durable power of attorney for health care, but not having an ACP conversation. Furthermore, although there were immediate positive policy effects, the increases in ACP outcomes driven by the ACA Medicare benefit expansion were not sustained. Finally, I found no evidence that the ACA Medicare benefit expansion was effective in improving the rates of ACP among Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, or non-U.S.-born older adults. I also identified heterogeneous policy effects by socioeconomic status. I discuss promising recommendations for health care policy and practice to improve the participation rate of end-of-life care planning. Chapter 4 explores the feasibility of encouraging physicians to discuss end-of-life care wishes with older patients in China. Knowledge of a medical diagnosis is critical for end-of-life decision making. However, a patient’s right to know their diagnosis is neither guaranteed nor protected by law in China. Doctors typically inform family members of the patient’s illness diagnosis and prognosis and let them decide whether to disclose this information to the patient. This study examined middle-aged and older Chinese adults’ preferences for disclosing their and significant others’ diagnoses and whether sociodemographic, economic, and cultural factors were associated with these preferences. The research team surveyed 571 adults aged 50 or older in Shanghai from 2021 to 2022. The outcome measures are preferences for diagnosis disclosures, including whether and to whom diagnoses should be disclosed. I characterized preference types using latent class analysis and estimated multinomial logistic regression to identify the covariates associated with each preference type. Three latent classes were identified. The transparent group (34%) believed patients, whether self or a significant other, should be informed of their diagnoses. The contradictory group (50%) held conflicting attitudes; they preferred to know their diagnosis but preferred that significant others not be informed of their diagnoses. The avoidant group (16%) preferred not to know their diagnosis or to disclose significant others’ diagnoses to them. Familism attitudes were positively associated with holding contradictory views. Experiences with hospitalization and medical decision-making for family members were associated with holding transparent views. I discuss the importance of illness disclosure for honoring patients’ autonomous decision-making.

No / The current systems of care for dying persons, the people caring for them, and the bereaved operate in ways that frequently lack sufficient sensitivity to their needs. We describe a new model for dying, death, and loss that adopts a public health approach. Specifically, we describe a deliberative process that resulted in a charter for a public health approach to dying, death, and loss. Modeled after the World Health Organization's 1986 Ottawa Charter, our charter includes a call to action. It has the potential to bring about significant change on local, societal, and global levels as exemplified by four projects from three countries. Public health and end-of-life services and organizations need to form partnerships with the community to develop a public health approach to dying, death, and loss. Learning from each other, they will affirm and enhance community beliefs and practices that make death part of life.

This study addresses the healthcare needs of employees and their families living in the Kruger National Park (KNP). A quantitative, explorative, descriptive research design was used to interview respondents who comprised of 75 male and female employees with children of various ages. The findings revealed that physical, psychological, environmental, socio-cultural, and behavioural needs of the employees and their families living in the KNP is probably unattainable as healthcare services are poorly distributed throughout the KNP, being mostly concentrated in the main camp of Skukuza. A number of respondents indicated that they required consultations about psychological and socio-cultural stresses in their lives. These services are not available in the KNP. / Health Studies / M.A. (Health Studies)

Thesis (MPA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African Government of National Unity, through its adoption of the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) in 1994, committed itself to the development of a District Health System (DHS) based on the Primary Health Care (PHC) approach as enunciated at Alma Ata in 1978. This approach is the philosophy, on the basis of which many health systems around the world have been reformed, and out of which has developed the concept of the DHS. District-based health systems are now applied successfully in many countries, and have been adapted to a wide variety of situations, from developing countries on our own continent, to more sophisticated systems elsewhere. A National Health System based on this approach is as concerned with keeping people healthy as it is with caring for them when they become unwell. The concepts of "caring" and "wellness" are promoted most effectively and efficiently by creating decentralised comprehensive management units of the health system, adapted to cater for local needs. These units will provide the framework for our district-based health system, in which a district health authority can take responsibility for the health of the total population in its area. This population-based model allows for constant assessment and monitoring of health problems in the district, the facilities and system provided, and leads to efficient and rational planning. The researcher conducted interviews with key stakeholders, used structured questionnaires and observation and reviewed the relevant National and Provincial documentation and performed a literature review, to assess the feasibility of implementing DHS in the City of Cape Town. The main findings of this research are that the City of Cape Town does have the capacity to implement and sustain the DHS, that it is necessary to implement the DHS in the CCT in order to improve the quality of life of the population, and that there is enough personnel to take the process forward. The main recommendations include the need for training of staff, the promotion of communication and transparency in relation to finances and an ongoing support system from the provincial and national health departments. The research assignment has revealed that the move towards DHS has the blessings of the top management and politicians of the eeT. In addition, it has been established that the Cï.T possesses good infrastructure, technical skills, and human resource capacity. There is also willingness on the part of the unions to take this process forward. There are also challenges that need to be addressed, such as difficulties around staff attitudes, and the training of officials so as to accommodate the requirements of a comprehensive primary health care system, effective and efficient utilisation of available resources and change management. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Suid-afrikaanse regering van nasionale-eenheid het met die aanvaarding van die Herekonstruksie en Ontwikkelings program (Hop) in 1994, Suid Afrika tot die ontwikkeling van gesondheidsdistrik stelstel verbind. Hierdie stelsel is gebaseer op die primere gesondheidsorg (POS) benadering wat te Alma Alta in 1978 geformuleer is. Die POS is die dryfkrag agter die verandering van verskeie gesondheidstelsels die wereld oor. Vanuit hierdie POS het die distriksgesondheidstelsel ontwikkel. Hierdie distriksgesondheidstelsel word tans suksesvol in baie lande toegepas en is aanpasbaar by verskillende omstandighede, van die Afrika kontinent tot meer gesofistikeerd stelsels op ander kontinente. 'n Nasionale gesondheidstelsel gebaseer op hierdie benadering is ewe besorg om mense gesond te hou asook om na hulle om te sien wanneer hulle ongesond is. Die begrippe van besorgheid en welsyn word effektief en doeltreffend bevorder deur die skepping van n gedesentraliseerde omvattende bestuurseenheid van die gesondheidstelsel wat aangepas is vir plaaslike behoeftebevrediging. Hierdie eenhede voorsien die raamwerk vir n eie distriksgebaseerde gesondheidstelsel, waarbinne die distriksgesondheidsregeerders verantwoordelikheid vir die gesondheid van die totale bevolking en hul gebied aanvaar. Hierdie bevolkingsgebaseerde model laat toe vir voortdurende beoordeling en monitering van gesondheidsprobleme binne die distrik. Dit bepaal watter beskikbare fasiliteite en dienste voorsien moet word sodat doeltreffende en rasionele beplanning kan geskied. Navorsing is onderneem om die lewensvatbaarheid van die implementering van n distrikgesondheidstelsal binne die stad Kaapstad, met 'n speciale fokus op finansiele en menslike hulpbronne, te bepaal. Die navorser het gebruik gemaak van 'n gestruktureerde vraelys en literatuurstudie om die lewensvatbaarheid tydens die implementering van die distrikgesondheidstelsel vir die stad Kaapstad te bepaal. Die belangrikste gevolgtrekking met betrekking tot hierdie navorsing is dat die stad Kaapstad oor die vermoe beskik om 'n distrikgesondheidstelsel te implementeer en te onderhou ten einde die lewenskwaliteit van mense te verseker. Daar is verder bevind dat daar genoeg personeel is om hierdie proses te voltooi. Die belangrikste aanbeveling sluit in die opleiding van personeel, die bevordering van kommunikasie en deursigtigheid in verhouding tot finansies en voortdurende ondersteuning vanaf provinsiale en nasionale gesondheids departmente.

Ao assumir o compromisso com a prevenção e tratamento, baseada no princípio da integralidade, a estratégia brasileira, fez a diferença na resposta nacional à aids nas décadas de 1980/90 e criou um novo paradigma que mostrou-se avançado do ponto de vista técnico, ético e político, contribuindo para a mudança nas recomendações das agências internacionais (OMS\\Banco Mundial) - do \"não tratar e só prevenir\" do início dos anos 1990, para o \"Tratamento como Prevenção\", base da atual proposta dos 90/90/90. Essa estratégia de controle da epidemia concentra responsabilidade na Rede de Serviços, em um período de discussão sobre mudanças no modelo de atenção a ser priorizado no país. Características relevantes dos contextos político e programáticos permitiram uma maior efetivação do cuidado às PVHA no Estado de São Paulo. O objetivo do presente estudo é recuperar a história do Centro de Referência e Treinamento em DST/Aids (CRT) na gestão e organização programática do cuidado em HIV/Aids no Estado de São Paulo, no período de 1988 a 2015, interpretando-a sob a perspectiva dos aspectos facilitadores e limitadores da incorporação prática do princípio da integralidade às ações de saúde. Realizou-se, nesse sentido, uma revisão narrativa da literatura sobre o tema da integralidade no campo da Saúde Coletiva Brasileira nas últimas cinco décadas. Tomando por base o cotejamento com esse desenvolvimento conceitual, a trajetória do CRT foi analisada por meio de entrevistas com atores-chaves no processo da gestão e organização programática do cuidado das PVHA no Estado de São Paulo, e análise dos documentos produzidos no processo. Esta análise foi organizada em torno de dois grandes eixos temáticos: (1) a criação e estruturação do CRT, e (2) as relações entre o CRT, os Programas Municipais de DST/aids e a rede de serviços assistenciais no Estado de São Paulo. Entre os resultados do estudo, destacam-se o resgate e reflexão crítica sobre o desenvolvimento dos discursos tecnocientíficos sobre integralidade no contexto das propostas de reforma da saúde no Brasil; a incorporação desses construtos às propostas desenvolvidas pelo CRT, especialmente em torno aos conceitos de vulnerabilidade, cuidado, clínica ampliada e direitos humanos em saúde; e a identificação de arranjos institucionais, estratégias técnicas e configurações políticas que permitiram ao CRT o exercício articulado de três níveis de gestão do cuidado (das PVHA, dos serviços e da Rede) numa mesma plataforma. Conclui-se apontando alcances e limites na efetivação da integralidade, que se mostraram desiguais nos três níveis de gestão do cuidado. Aponta-se maiores avanços na dimensão gerencial da rede e as maiores dificuldades na efetivação da integralidade no cuidado das PVHA e na gestão dos serviços de saúde / Assuming commitment to the prevention and treatment based on the principle of comprehensiveness (integralidade), the Brazilian strategy made the difference in the national response to AIDS in the decades of 1980/90. Its cutting edge strategy created a new paradigm from technical, ethical and political points of view, contributing to the change in recommendations of international agencies (WHO \\ World Bank) - from \"not to treat and only prevent\" of the early 1990s, to \"treatment as prevention\", basis of the current 90/90/90 proposal. This epidemic control strategy focuses responsibility in Service Network, in a period of discussion of changes in the model of care to be prioritized in the country. Relevant characteristics of the political and programmatic contexts enabled greater effectiveness of care for PLWHA in the state of São Paulo. The aim of this study is to recover the history of the STD / AIDS Reference and Training Center (CRT) in the management and programmatic organization of care in HIV / AIDS in the State of São Paulo, in the period 1988-2015, interpreting it in the prospect of facilitating and limiting factors for practical embodiment of the principle of comprehensiveness in health care. A narrative review of the literature on comprehensiveness care was performed in the Brazilian Public Health field for the past five decades. Based on the comparison with this conceptual development, the trajectory of CRT was analyzed through interviews with key stakeholders in the process of management and organization of programmatic care of PLWHA in the state of São Paulo, and analysis of the documents produced in the process. We organized the analysis around two major themes: (1) the creation and structuring of CRT, and (2) the relationship between the CRT, the STD/AIDS Municipal Program and the network of health care services in São Paulo. Among the study\'s findings, we highlight the rescue and critical reflection on the development of techno-scientific discourses on comprehensiveness in the context of health reform proposals in Brazil; the incorporation of these constructs in the proposals developed by the CRT, especially around the concepts of vulnerability, care, extended clinic and human rights in health; and the identification of institutional arrangements, technical strategies and policy settings that allowed the CRT to articulate three care management levels (of PLWHA, services and network) on the same platform. We conclude pointing advances and limits in the effectuation of comprehensiveness, which proved to be unequally reachable in the three levels of care management. There were major advances noticed in the managerial dimension of the network and higher difficulties to implement comprehensiveness in the care of PLWHA and management of health services

A regionalização da saúde está contemplada no artigo 198 da Constituição Federal de 1988 e é uma diretriz do SUS, que prevê a articulação dos três entes federativos para a conformação do sistema de saúde e a efetivação do direito à saúde. Na implementação do SUS, a regionalização ganha destaque nos anos 2000, mas, no Estado de Mato Grosso, a partir de 1995, a reorientação político-institucional da Secretaria de Estado da Saúde definiu estratégias para a implementação do SUS por regiões de saúde e fortaleceu as instâncias públicas regionalizadas. A partir de 2003, houve trocas sucessivas do gestor estadual de saúde, com repercussão na maneira de conduzir a política estadual de saúde e, apesar da institucionalidade anteriormente construída, o processo de regionalização sofre certa estagnação. O presente estudo de caso analisa o processo de regionalização da saúde e o mix público-privado no sistema de saúde da região do Médio Norte do Estado, no período de 2006 a 2011. Tal recorte se justifica pela edição do Pacto pela Saúde 2006, que contempla a regionalização. Faz-se uso de análise qualitativa das entrevistas realizadas com informantes-chave e se utiliza de análise quantitativa de dados secundários. Com essas informações, pôde-se caracterizar os mecanismos e instrumentos adotados, bem como as relações público-privadas no sistema público de saúde; compreender como ocorre o processo decisório, a relação e a interação dos diversos atores que compõem o complexo regional desta região de saúde. Na região em estudo, na vigência do Pacto, a SES preservou e criou novos incentivos, manteve o Consórcio Intermunicipal de Saúde, implantou leitos de UTI, conservou o convênio com o hospital municipal de referência regional e sustentou os convênios com clínicas e laboratórios de apoio diagnóstico do setor privado. O CGR foi criado, mas sua governabilidade sobre a macropolítica da região é parcial e, embora seja um espaço de decisão colegiada, ainda tem características do somatório das partes e gera as mais diversas consequências na governança da política regionalizada. O PDR e o PDI não foram atualizados, a regulação da assistência que era desenvolvida pela região foi recentralizada, a SES atrasou o repasse dos incentivos financeiros aos fundos municipais de saúde e não investiu na construção do hospital regional. Apesar da trajetória do Estado na regionalização da saúde, a estrutura da rede pública de atenção à saúde não se expandiu e as parcerias estabelecidas com o setor privado fortaleceram sua participação na rede de atenção e têm influenciado o sistema regional de saúde. A região precisa da coordenação do estado na condução do processo de regionalização, sem a qual seu avanço fica comprometido / The Regional Health Planning is included at Art.198 of the Constitution of 1988 and it is a guideline the SUS that provides for the combination of the three federative for shaping the health system and the realization of the right to health. At the implementation of SUS, Regional Health Planning gained prominence in the 2000s, but in the state of Mato Grosso, since 1995 the reorientation political-institutional of the SES defined strategies to implementation of the SUS by regions the health and strengthened regionalized public instances. Since 2003 there were successive exchanges of state health manager, with repercussions on the manner to conduct the state health policy and, despite the earlier institutional, the Regional Health Planning process suffers certain stagnation. This case study analyzes the process of the Regional Health Planning and public-private mix in the health system of the Middle North region of the state, between the period from 2006 to 2011. The angle is justified by editing the health pact that include the Regional Health Planning. Makes use of a qualitative analysis from interviews with key informants and uses a quantitative analysis at secondary data. With this information it was possible to: characterize the mechanisms and instruments adopted, as well as relations public-private in the public health system; understand how occurs decision process; the relationship and interaction of various actors that compose this complex health. At the study region, at the presence of the health pact, the SES remained and created new incentives, kept the CIS, deployed UTI beds, kept the covenants with the municipal hospital of referral regional and with private clinical and laboratories of support diagnostic . The CGR was created, but the governance on the macro policy in the region is partial and although a space of collegial decision also has characteristics of the sum of the parts, and generates the most diverse consequences in the governance of regionalized policy. The PDR and PDI were not updated, the regulation of assistence developed by region was centralized, the SES delayed the transfer of financial incentives to municipal health funds and didn\'t invested in the construction of the regional hospital. Despite the state trajectory of the Regional Health Planning, the structure of public health care had not expanded and the partnerships with the private sector strengthened its participation in the care network and had influenciated the regional health system. The region needs the coordination of the state in the conduct of the regionalization process, without which its progress is compromised

As características e conceitos dos sistemas complexos adaptativos (SCA) e a dinâmica de sistemas podem ser utilizados como ferramentas altamente efetivas para analisar a organização de um sistema de saúde. Várias das propriedades dos SCA são relevantes para este propósito especialmente a emergência de padrões auto-organizativos. Os objetivos são descrever os fluxos intermunicipais de gestantes para a resolução da gravidez visando compreender os fatores que influenciam estes deslocamentos considerando os recursos hierárquicos disponíveis e propor modelos explicativos da regionalização ao cuidado ligado à gravidez e ao parto e à regulação do sistema. Esta pesquisa aplicou conceitos de sistemas complexos adaptativos para estudo dos fluxos de gestantes entre municípios no sistema de atenção ao parto e puerpério na região de Ribeirão Preto- São Paulo determinando as áreas de captação de pacientes e fatores que influenciam deslocamentos. Para isto foram construídas matrizes de origem-destino das gestantes que tiveram a resolução da gravidez na área do Departamento Regional de Saúde XIII (DRS XIII) sediado em Ribeirão Preto no ano de 2012. Foram utilizadas ferramentas ligadas ao fluxo de altas disponíveis no Observatório Regional de Atenção Hospitalar, aplicando modelos de interação espacial e análise de redes para determinar a suficiência das regiões e sub-regiões para a realização dos procedimentos selecionados e explorar os fatores determinantes dos deslocamentos de pacientes. Em 2012, os hospitais de Ribeirão Preto (sede da DRS XIII) receberam 3807 internações por parto de fora do município, das quais 597 foram provenientes de 114 municípios fora da jurisdição do DRS XIII. Observou-se que 25 % das pacientes se deslocaram a outro município para a resolução da gravidez, percorrendo uma distancia média ponderada de 27 km. Os fluxos de pacientes mostram uma alta concentração em Ribeirão Preto e Sertãozinho, embora grande parte dos casos derivados não requeriam serviços de alta complexidade. O DRS XIIII é suficiente como região para a resolução destes casos e se comporta como um importador de pacientes de uma região mais ampla que compreende ao menos 60 municípios. Vários municípios do DRS XIII também têm serviços suficientes para as necessidades de sua população. O sistema de regulação do estado e do DRS XIII e as preferências dos pacientes, famílias e médicos são determinantes mais importantes dos fluxos que as distancias geográficas. A evolução da demografia e epidemiologia, da geografia política e organizacional do SUS, da oferta de serviços e os comportamentos e preferências dos agentes (usuários, médicos e outros) devem ser analisadas em conjunto como sistemas dinâmicos para compreensão dos fluxos de pacientes e assim reformular as redes de serviços para responder melhor às necessidades da assistência materna e puerperal na região coberta pelo DRS III. / The characteristics and concepts of complex adaptive systems (CAS) and system dynamics can be used as highly effective tools to analyze the organization of a health system. Several of the properties of an CAS are relevant to this purpose, especially the emergence of self-organizing patterns. Objectives: To describe the intermunicipal flows of pregnant women at the end of the pregnancy, in order to understand the factors that influence these displacements considering the available hierarchical resources and propose explanatory models of the regionalization of care related to pregnancy, delivery and regulation of the system. This research applied concepts of complex adaptive systems to study the flows of pregnant women among municipalities in the maternal care system in the Ribeirão Preto - São Paulo region, determining the catchment areas of patients and analyzing the factors that influence their displacement. For this purpose, the research gathered origin-destination matrices of the pregnant women who had the pregnancy resolution in the area of the Regional Health Department XIII (DRS XIII), based in Ribeirão Preto, for the year 2012. The tools used for these matrices were built in the discharge-flow utility available at the Hospital Regional Observatory webpage. Using spatial interaction models and network analysis it was possible to determine the sufficiency of regions and sub-regions to perform the selected procedures and to explore the determinants of patient travel. In 2012, maternity hospitals in Ribeirão Preto (headquarters of DRS XIII) received 3807 hospitalizations related to deliveries coming from outside the municipality, of which 597 came from 114 municipalities outside the jurisdiction of DRS XIII. It was observed that 25% of the patients moved to another municipality for the events related to the end of the pregnancy, traveling a weighted average distance of 27 km. Patient flows show a high concentration in Ribeirão Preto and Sertãozinho, although a majority of the derived cases did not require services of high complexity. DRS XIIII is sufficient as a region to resolve these cases and behaves as an net importer of patients from a wider region comprising at least 60 municipalities. Several municipalities of DRS XIII also have sufficient services for the needs of their population. The system of regulation of the state and DRS XIII and the preferences of patients, families and doctors are more important determinants of flows than geographical distances. The evolution of demography and epidemiology, the political and organizational geography of the SUS, the service offerings and the behaviors and preferences of the agents (users, doctors and others) should be analyzed together as dynamic systems for understanding patient flows allowing to redesign the service networks to better respond to the needs of maternal and child care in the region covered by DRS XIII.

Submitted by Rosina Valeria Lanzellotti Mattiussi Teixeira (rosina.teixeira@unisantos.br) on 2019-01-23T16:37:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Gonçalez.pdf: 1703059 bytes, checksum: a04fbb3e23e280d09e42e7b689c1218f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2019-01-23T16:37:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Gonçalez.pdf: 1703059 bytes, checksum: a04fbb3e23e280d09e42e7b689c1218f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-09 / A obesidade na criança e adolescente é uma doença crônica, epidêmica, de alta prevalência, multicausal e de complexa abordagem a qual envolve vários profissionais de saúde. Muitas pesquisas apontam para as dificuldades no enfrentamento da doença, no entanto, raros discorrem sobre as experiências dos profissionais de saúde que atuam no serviço público prestando cuidados a essas crianças e adolescentes, sobretudo a respeito das práticas e desafios enfrentados por eles durante o manejo desta doença nos diversos componentes de saúde. Este estudo buscou compreender, na perspectiva dos profissionais de saúde, como estes percebem suas práticas e respectivos desafios na assistência a esse público no serviço e entre os componentes de saúde. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, mediante entrevista semiestruturada com profissionais de saúde que atuam no SUS na assistência com obesidade na criança e no adolescente de duas regiões da cidade de São Paulo. A captação da população foi por intermédio de indicação em bola de neve, de forma que contemplasse diversidades entre às formações profissionais, bem como à atuação nos diferentes componentes de atenção. Para a composição final da população deste estudo foi usado o critério de saturação teórica e o percurso analítico foi norteado pela análise de conteúdo temático. A captação encerrou-se com 16 profissionais, sendo 5 da atenção primária, 4 da secundária, 6 da terciária e um gestor da rede. Eles revelaram que as relações de trabalho com a equipe multiprofissional do respectivo serviço são positivas; o manejo da obesidade em crianças e adolescentes é complexo e desafiador pois o sistema de saúde apresenta problemas e não funciona na sua plenitude; quanto ao conhecimento sobre diretrizes que contemple a obesidade neste público, a maioria disse desconhecer e despontaram que suas atividades são baseadas em normas da instituição onde atuam assim como em suas práticas; a maioria não se articulava adequadamente entre os diferentes componentes de saúde; revelaram falhas no fluxo de referência e contra referência; disseram haver lacunas nos registros pois, as informações referentes a saúde do paciente não são integradas entre os diversos componentes de saúde; os profissionais não perceberam diferenças nas atribuições e competências por nível de atenção. Concluiu-se, a partir da prática e percepção desses profissionais de saúde, que eles enfrentam muitas adversidades os quais, por vezes, interferem em suas práticas gerando serviços nem sempre com a qualidade e articulação desejadas. Há diversidade de materiais e instrumentos norteadores para o manejo da obesidade, mas, poucos deixam claro condutas e fluxos que deverão ser seguidos, pois, são genéricas e não consideram as singularidades da criança e do adolescente. / Child and teenage obesity is a chronic, epidemic, high prevalence, multicausal and hard to approach disease, which involves multiple health professionals. Many researches show difficulties in facing the disease, but very few discourse on the experiences of the health professionals that work on the public service taking care of these youngsters, especially about the practices and challenges faced by them during the management of this disease in the different components of healthcare. This study aims to comprehend, through the perspective of the health professionals, how they perceive their practices and the respective challenges in the assistance to this public in the health system and in it¿s components of care. This is a qualitative research, conceived through semi structured interview with health professionals that act in SUS in the assistance of obese children and teenagers in two regions of São Paulo. The captation of the population was fulfilled by means of snowball indication, in such a way that it included diversity of professional formation and fields of actuation. To the final composition of the population, it was used the theoretical saturation criteria and the analytical path was guided by means of thematic content. The captation finished with 16 professionals, being 5 from the primary care, 4 from the secondary, 6 from the tertiary and one network manager. They revealed positive work relationships with the multiprofessional team of their respective level of care; the management of obesity in children and teenagers is complex and challenging because the health system presents problems and doesn¿t work in it¿s plenitude; regarding the awareness of the guidelines that cover obesity in this public, most of them declared not to have knowledge and pointed that their activities and practices are based on the norms of the institutions they work at; most didn¿t articulate well between the different components of healthcare, revealing reference/counter reference flow failures and gaps in the records due to the non integration of the patient's information about their health among the different levels of healthcare; the professionals didn¿t point differences between the attributions and competences of different levels of care. It was then concluded, from the practices and perceptions of these health professionals that act on the public network in the treatment of obese children and teenagers, that they face many adversities that, sometimes, interfere with their practices, resulting in services that may not reach the desired quality and articulation. There is a wide range of materials and instruments that guide the handling of obesity, but few are clear on the conducts and flows to be taken with obese children and teenagers as they are generic and don¿t consider the particularities of this public.

Introdução: O plano municipal de saúde e os relatórios anuais de gestão municipal são ferramentas de planejamento para identificar, sistematizar e monitorar as ações em saúde, com vistas a responderem às necessidades da população. Neste contexto, a Enfermagem como prática social destaca-se, pois a compreensão dialética da realidade permite a proposição de mudanças do concreto, no sentido de contribuir qualitativamente para a ruptura de modos de produção e reprodução do cotidiano que impactem o adoecimento e a morte de grupos sociais vulneráveis. Objetivo: Compreender os limites e as potencialidades do plano municipal de saúde e dos relatórios anuais de gestão municipal como instrumentos para o assessment de políticas públicas municipais em saúde. Metodologia: Estudo quanti-qualitativo dos planos municipais de saúde, dos períodos de 2010-2013 e 2014-2017, e dos relatórios anuais de gestão municipal dos anos de 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 e 2015, disponíveis no Sistema de Apoio à Construção do Relatório de Gestão (SARG-SUS). O software WebQDA® foi utilizado para a organização dos dados, os quais foram analisados por meio da Teoria da Intervenção Práxica em Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva, da análise de conteúdo de Bardin, e da estatística descrita e inferencial. Os municípios participantes foram: Araraquara, Santos, Valinhos e Vinhedo, os quais atenderam aos seguintes critérios de elegibilidade: são municípios pertencentes ao estado de São Paulo, entretanto, não à Região Metropolitana, com 50 mil habitantes ou mais, apresentaram melhor Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano e pior coeficiente de Gini, bem como disponibilizaram no SARG-SUS os planos municipais de saúde e os relatórios anuais de gestão municipal. Resultados: Os planos municipais de saúde e os relatórios anuais de gestão municipal se mostraram como instrumentos com potencialidade para a compreensão do SUS como política pública de proteção social; como ferramenta de planejamento em saúde; como metodologia para compreensão e identificação das necessidades em saúde e como mecanismos de monitoramento das ações em saúde propostas no PMS. Entretanto, foi demonstrado que a concepção do processo saúde-doença presente nesses instrumentos esteve alicerçada sobre a multicausalidade, evidenciando grandes limitações para acolher as necessidades em saúde da população e, consequentemente, identificar os grupos socialmente vulneráveis, impactando negativamente as práticas de gestão ancoradas na equidade. Conclusões: Os planos municipais de saúde e os relatórios anuais de gestão municipal mostraram-se como instrumentos de extrema validade para o assessment de políticas públicas municipais de saúde. No entanto, eles somente conseguirão reduzir as desigualdades sociais, rumo à equidade e integralidade, quando se utilizarem da concepção da produção e reprodução socialmente determinados para compreender saúde, o que por sua vez permitirá a identificação das vulnerabilidades. Consequentemente, esses instrumentos fortalecerão práticas direcionadas à equidade, sobre as quais a Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva pode atuar de forma significativa no desenvolvimento, implantação, avaliação e monitoramento de políticas públicas de saúde que contribuam para a superação de realidades limitantes que pouco agregam para a melhoria da condição de saúde de grupos sociais vulneráveis. / Introduction: The municipal health plan and the annual reports of the municipal government serve as tools for planning and for identifying, organizing and monitoring activities in the health sector, with the aim of meeting the populations needs. In this context, nursing has an important role to play as a social practice, since the dialectical understanding of the local reality makes it possible to propose concrete changes, with a view to making a qualitative contribution towards disrupting those daily means of production and reproduction that impact on the levels of illness and mortality among vulnerable social groups. Objective: To understand the limitations and the potential of the municipal health plan and annual reports from the municipal government to serve as assessment instruments for municipal level public policies in health. Methodology: This was a quanti-qualitative study of municipal health plans for the periods 2010-2013 and 2014-2017 and of annual reports from the municipal government for all years between 2011 and 2015, which were available on the System for Supporting the Construction of a Management Report (SARG-SUS in the Portuguese). The WebQDA® software was used to organize the data, which was analyzed using the Theory of Praxis Intervention in Nursing in Public Health, Bardins content analysis, and descriptive and inferential statistics. The participating Brazilian municipalities were: Araraquara, Santos, Valinhos and Vinhedo, which comply with the following eligibility criteria: municipalities in the State of Sao Paulo, but not part of the Greater Sao Paulo city region, with at least 50,000 inhabitants, the highest Human Development Index rankings and the lowest Gini coefficients for inequality, as well as having their municipal health plans and annual reports from the municipal government available on the SARG-SUS. Results: The municipal health plans and the annual reports from the municipal government were found to be instruments with the potential of understanding SUS as a public policy for social protection; as a tool for health planning; as a methodology for understanding and identifying health needs; and as monitoring mechanisms for activities in the health sector that were proposed in the municipal health plan. Nonetheless, the conception of the health-illness process that was present in these instruments was shown to be based on the idea of multi-causality and to have major limitations in terms of meeting the health needs of the population and, consequently, identifying socially vulnerable groups. This has a negative impact on management practices that are anchored upon the concept of equity. Conclusions: The municipal health plans and the annual reports of the municipal government proved to be highly robust for assessing public health policies at the municipal level. However, they would only managed to reduce social inequalities, and therefore contribute towards equity and integrality, when used in light of socially determined production and reproduction for understanding health, which in turn will make it possible to identify vulnerabilities. This will subsequently strengthen practices aimed at improving equity, an area in which Public Health Nursing can have a significant impact by means of the development, establishment, monitoring and evaluation of public health policies that contribute towards overcoming limitations that do not improve the health conditions of socially vulnerable groups.