Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:13:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MariaMO_Dissert.pdf: 391752 bytes, checksum: b84c0386ed11293a707513fe2dc06145 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-14 / Investigar os fatores relacionados ? percep??o que os profissionais das equipes do Programa de Sa?de da Fam?lia (PSF) possuem frente ? realidade da pol?tica de aten??o ? sa?de do idoso nas Unidades B?sicas de Sa?de dos munic?pios litor?neos do Estado da Para?ba. Trata-se de um estudo observacional descritivo com uma amostra constitu?da por 120 profissionais de sa?de de tr?s categorias distintas (enfermeiro, m?dico e odont?logo), sendo 104 respondentes como profissionais e 16 respondentes como coordenadores de equipes. A coleta de dados foi realizada atrav?s de um question?rio auto-aplic?vel de avalia??o fechada e de quest?es de m?ltiplas escolhas. Os dados foram processados e armazenados no Programa Estat?stico SPSS vers?o 15.0 e analisados ? luz da estat?stica descritiva. Os resultados indicaram que os profissionais tiveram dificuldade em perceber a realidade da pol?tica integral e integrada de sa?de do idoso junto aos servi?os de sa?de em que atuam. O estudo revelou ainda a necessidade de uma defini??o de estrat?gias para qualifica??o dos profissionais garantindo ? aten??o integral ? sa?de do idoso sob uma nova vis?o de atua??o

Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-15T13:31:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Leonor Bastos - Saude Coletival.pdf: 2524442 bytes, checksum: 51d2c5bc14eebe7a44cee874d7735dbc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-04-14 / Care has always been part of human life. It is associated to the practice of the women who have thereby, in the everyday life and surrounded by cultural connotations, promoted life in all its forms and taken care of death. Because life is complex and multi-faceted, this care, in order to fulfill its role of protecting and defending life, needs to be drawn from multiple perspectives and wisdoms, in an articulated manner and in multiple technological levels, including the lighter ones. As such, it depends on the enlivened work of an integrated health team. This team should perform careful and constant action involving workers, user, family and community, and be based on social bonds and accountability. Care, as a result of this collective action integrating distinct perspectives and wisdoms, is nowadays the axis of all actions in health service, particularly in Basic Healthcare Units, which are usually the door to the healthcare needs of the local population. This study adopts such a perspective, and examines the process of care of persons with diabetes mellitus (DM) in a Healthcare Center of Feira de Santana. Its objective is to analyze the process of care of persons with DM aiming for the integrality of healthcare attention, and to discuss its guiding devices: access, bond-accountability, team-formation (the construction of subjects, insertion and habilitation), in the everyday dynamics of the Healthcare Unit. The methodology is qualitative and used semi-structured interviews and systematic observations as data collection techniques. As subjects, the study took healthcare workers and users enrolled in the Program of Attention to persons with DM. The method of analysis for the interviews was guided by the Thematic Subject Analysis (MINAYO, 1996) and the Analyzer Flowchart of Merhy (1997), which also grounded the analysis of the observations. The results reveal that the process of caring of persons with DM has as its main intervention core the practice of nursing (in particular that of the nurse). In the everyday context of the healthcare services, that process has been fragmented, disconnected, and guided by the doctor-centered model. Access is limited, focused, and oriented towards low-complexity actions. Bond and user-embracement are still performed distanced from co-accountability (workers, users, service networks) in the definition of the therapeutic project of the persons with DM and who need the Healthcare Unit. In conclusion, the study points as necessary an expansion of the debate on integral care, considering the everyday praxis of those involved in the process. Key-words: Care has always been part of human life. It is associated to the practice of the women who have thereby, in the everyday life and surrounded by cultural connotations, promoted life in all its forms and taken care of death. Because life is complex and multi-faceted, this care, in order to fulfill its role of protecting and defending life, needs to be drawn from multiple perspectives and wisdoms, in an articulated manner and in multiple technological levels, including the lighter ones. As such, it depends on the enlivened work of an integrated health team. This team should perform careful and constant action involving workers, user, family and community, and be based on social bonds and accountability. Care, as a result of this collective action integrating distinct perspectives and wisdoms, is nowadays the axis of all actions in health service, particularly in Basic Healthcare Units, which are usually the door to the healthcare needs of the local population. This study adopts such a perspective, and examines the process of care of persons with diabetes mellitus (DM) in a Healthcare Center of Feira de Santana. Its objective is to analyze the process of care of persons with DM aiming for the integrality of healthcare attention, and to discuss its guiding devices: access, bond-accountability, team-formation (the construction of subjects, insertion and habilitation), in the everyday dynamics of the Healthcare Unit. The methodology is qualitative and used semi-structured interviews and systematic observations as data collection techniques. As subjects, the study took healthcare workers and users enrolled in the Program of Attention to persons with DM. The method of analysis for the interviews was guided by the Thematic Subject Analysis (MINAYO, 1996) and the Analyzer Flowchart of Merhy (1997), which also grounded the analysis of the observations. The results reveal that the process of caring of persons with DM has as its main intervention core the practice of nursing (in particular that of the nurse). In the everyday context of the healthcare services, that process has been fragmented, disconnected, and guided by the doctor-centered model. Access is limited, focused, and oriented towards low-complexity actions. Bond and user-embracement are still performed distanced from co-accountability (workers, users, service networks) in the definition of the therapeutic project of the persons with DM and who need the Healthcare Unit. In conclusion, the study points as necessary an expansion of the debate on integral care, considering the everyday praxis of those involved in the process. / O cuidado faz parte da vida humana desde os seus prim?rdios e est? associado ? pr?tica das mulheres que atrav?s dele, no cotidiano, envolto em conota??es culturais, promovem a vida em todas as suas manifesta??es e cuidam da morte. J? que a vida ? complexa e multifacetada, este cuidado, para que cumpra a sua fun??o de proteger e defender a vida precisa ser constru?do sob v?rios olhares e saberes, de forma articulada, nos diversos n?veis tecnol?gicos, dentre eles o enfoque nas tecnologias leves. Para tanto, depende do trabalho vivo de uma equipe de sa?de integrada, que desenvolva a??es cuidadosas, envolvendo trabalhadores, usu?rio, fam?lia e comunidade, de forma continuada, constru?da com base no v?nculo e na sponsabiliza??o social. O cuidado, fruto dessa a??o conjunta dos diversos olhares e saberes se constitui hoje no eixo das a??es em um servi?o de sa?de, particularmente das Unidades B?sicas de Sa?de que, em geral, s?o utilizadas como porta de entrada para as necessidades de sa?de da popula??o adscrita ? sua ?rea. Nessa perspectiva, este estudo tem como objeto o processo de cuidar de pessoas com DM em um Centro de Sa?de de Feira de Santana. Objetiva analisar o processo de cuidar de pessoas com DM com vistas ? integralidade da aten??o ? sa?de e discutir seus dispositivos orientadores: acesso, ?nculo-responsabiliza??o, forma??o da equipe (constru??o dos sujeitos, inser??o e capacita??o), na din?mica cotidiana da Unidade de Sa?de. A metodologia ? qualitativa. A entrevista semiestruturada e a observa??o sistem?tica utilizadas como t?cnicas de coleta de dados, tendo como sujeitos trabalhadores de sa?de e usu?rios cadastrados no Programa de Aten??o ?s pessoas com DM. O m?todo de an?lise das entrevistas foi orientado pela An?lise de Conte?do Tem?tica (MINAYO, 1996) e o Fluxograma Analisador de Merhy (1997) que fundamentou a an?lise das observa??es. Os resultados revelam que o processo de cuidar das pessoas com DM tem como n?cleo central de interven??o a pr?tica de enfermagem (em especial da enfermeira), ? constru?do no cotidiano dos servi?os de sa?de, de forma fragmentada e parcelar, orientado pelo modelo m?dico-centrado. O acesso ? restrito, focalizado e direcionado ? a??es de baixa complexidade. O acolhimento e v?nculo ainda s?o operados distantes da co-responsabiliza??o (trabalhadores, usu?rios e rede de servi?os) na defini??o do projeto terap?utico das pessoas com DM que demandam ? Unidade de Sa?de. Conclui-se que, ? necess?rio ampliar o debate sobre o cuidado integral, valorizando a pr?xis cotidiana dos sujeitos envolvidos no processo.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:39:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GreyceGG.pdf: 929158 bytes, checksum: 8ee5f64c315cee46f9d05b47b481ec4b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-10-27 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Breast cancer has been considered a grave global public health problem due to its increase in incidence, in women s mortality and in the amount of financial resources spent on the therapeutic interventions used in the treatment of this neoplasia. However, this scenario presents some variations. In developing countries, the incidence of breast cancer is increasing but, on the other hand, the mortality is declining among patients because of public health actions toward early diagnostic that also result in cure of patients and decreasing levels of physical and psychosocial stress. In Brazil, we face of both the increasing number of breast cancer incidence and number of mortalities. Almost always the reason for that is a delayed detection that will provide a late diagnostic. The early detection of breast cancer has been studied in several researches. Some of them are concerned with women s experiences. Despite that, there is a lack of researches on dynamic comprehension of early attention to breast cancer from the health professionals points of view. The present research was carried out at the Unidade Mista de Felipe Camar?o (UMFC) and it was conducted with 11 professionals who work in the Family Health Program (PSF). The aim was to understand how early diagnostic and attention to breast cancer is being planned, discussed and accomplished by health professionals in their day-to-day actions. Semi-structure interviews were held individually with each professional, in a way that they could feel free to express their ideas about several issues. All the information from these interviews was analyzed and discussed using an Institutional Ethnographic approach. It was observed that the actions of health professionals working with early detection of breast cancer does not take place in a vacuum; they occur within institutional, relational and social ways. This interdependence influences their actions and points of view on the theme / O c?ncer de mama ? considerado um grave problema de sa?de p?blica mundial em decorr?ncia do aumento da sua incid?ncia, da mortalidade de mulheres e das grandes somas dispensadas para equacionar as interven??es terap?uticas empregadas a esta neoplasia. Entretanto, este panorama apresenta varia??es. Em pa?ses desenvolvidos h? o aumento da sua incid?ncia, entretanto h? a redu??o da sua mortalidade, sobretudo, pelo direcionamento das a??es de sa?de ? sua aten??o precoce, implicando na cura da grande maioria dos casos e na diminui??o dos impactos f?sicos e psicossociais. No Brasil, nos deparamos com a eleva??o tanto de sua incid?ncia quanto de sua mortalidade, em virtude, muitas vezes, do retardamento na sua detec??o o que ocasionar? o seu diagn?stico tardio. V?rios estudos t?m sido realizados abordando a tem?tica supracitada e muitos destes est?o direcionados ?s experi?ncias das mulheres. Contudo, percebeu-se a car?ncia de pesquisas relacionadas ? compreens?o da din?mica da aten??o precoce do c?ncer de mama a partir do olhar dos profissionais de sa?de. A presente pesquisa foi realizada na Unidade Mista de Felipe Camar?o (UMFC) com 11 profissionais das equipes do Programa de Sa?de da Fam?lia (PSF). Objetivou-se compreender como a tem?tica da aten??o precoce estava sendo articulada, discutida e realizada nas a??es cotidianas dos profissionais dessa institui??o. Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas e a an?lise e discuss?o das informa??es obtidas foi empreendida sob a perspectiva da abordagem da Etnografia Institucional. Observou-se que as a??es dos profissionais voltadas ? aten??o precoce do c?ncer de mama n?o acontecem em um vazio, mas s?o constru?das social, institucional e relacionalmente e essa interdepend?ncia acaba influenciando suas a??es e posicionamentos em rela??o ? tem?tica desta investiga??o

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:46:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FernandaMF_DISSERT.pdf: 2890013 bytes, checksum: fba9e29d40c009c20f9cc99c08beda68 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-30 / According to demographic estimates, by the year 2025 Brazil will be the sixth country in the world in number of elderly. For this reason, it is a purpose of public policies to help people to reach that age being healthier. The current health care model of health surveillance through the Family Health Strategy (EFS, in portuguese) is configured as a gateway into the care of the elderly in the Unified Health System (SUS, in portuguese). It is also an area of development of practices to promote health, prevention and control of chronic nondegenerative diseases. The aim of this study was to analyze the health care of the elderly provided by ESF professionals for the achievement of a full care. The study is descriptive case study with a quantitative approach, performed in the city of Santo Ant?nio/RN. The population included all health professionals, who are FHS members of the city that agreed to participate of the survey, a total of 80 professionals. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire, having mostly closed questions and divided into two parts: one containing sociodemographic information of health professionals and vocational training and the other, the activities carried on by the professionals in senior care, being analyzed from a database tabulated in a spreadsheet and discussed according to the descriptive statistics in tables, graphs and charts using frequencies, medians and values of central tendency. It was verified a predominance of professionals who finished highschool, mostly female, aged from 30 to 34 years old, with training completed in the last 10 years, without being graduated in the field of geriatrics or gerontology and mostly without training in gerontology. Family members and caregivers were the components of the social support network most identified by the professionals (66.3%).The elderly access to the Family Health Basic Unit was considered by83.8% of professionals as the most important factor that interferes in the activities of health care of the elderly. Considering the inclusion of the family in care: 98.8% of professionals consider the family as one of the goals of care, but 82.5% assist the family to know their role and participate in the care of the elderly, emphasizing that no professional makes use of tools for evaluating the functionality of the family. Regarding the actions taken to assist the elderly, 91.25% have home visits program to the elderly, 88.75% use the host program; 77.5% know the habits of life, cultural, ethical and religious values of the elderly, their families and their community ;51.25% complement the activities through intersectoral actions, 50%participate in groups of living with the elderly; 33.75% keeps track and maintain updated the health information of the elderly; 11.25% of the professionals perform the Single Therapy Planning (PTS, in portuguese) and few implement the actions to promote health according to PTS; there is a deficit in the number of professional categories in the identification and monitoring of the frail older people in their households. It is concluded that the health care of the elderly developed by ESF professionals differs among the professional categories. It was identified weaknesses in the promotion of an active and healthy aging and also in the establishment of an integrated and full care of the elderly. It is recommended the adoption of permanent educational activities by the City Management, initially for ESF professionals in the the perspective of the guidelines of the National Policy of Health Care for the Elderly and later to the other professionals that are part of the health care network of the elderly, at all levels of care in the city for the development of strategies and practices that promote the improvement of the quality of healthcare for the elderly, expecting concrete and effective results in terms of promoting health within Brazilian reality / Segundo estimativas demogr?ficas, at? o ano de 2025 o Brasil ser? o sexto pa?s do mundo em n?mero de idosos. Por essa raz?o, ? fun??o das pol?ticas p?blicas contribuir para que as pessoas alcancem idades avan?adas com melhor sa?de. O atual modelo assistencial de vigil?ncia ? sa?de atrav?s da Estrat?gia Sa?de da Fam?lia (ESF) configura-se como a porta de entrada no atendimento da pessoa idosa no Sistema ?nico de Sa?de (SUS), favorecendo pr?ticas de promo??o a sa?de, preven??o e controle das doen?as cr?nicas n?o degenerativas. Objetivou-se neste estudo analisar a aten??o ? sa?de da pessoa idosa prestada pelos profissionais da ESF com vista ao alcance de um atendimento integral. O estudo ? descritivo do tipo estudo de caso com abordagem quantitativa, realizado no munic?pio de Santo Ant?nio/RN. A popula??o incluiu todos os profissionais de sa?de integrantes da ESF do munic?pio que aceitaram participar da pesquisa, totalizando 80 profissionais. Os dados foram coletados atrav?s de um question?rio estruturado com quest?es fechadas em sua maioria, dividido em duas partes: uma contendo informa??es s?cio demogr?ficas dos profissionais de sa?de e de forma??o profissional e outra sobre a??es desenvolvidas pelos profissionais no atendimento ao idoso, sendo analisados a partir de um banco de dados tabulado na planilha excel e discutidos de acordo com a estat?stica descritiva em tabelas, gr?ficos e quadros atrav?s de frequ?ncias, mediana e valores de tend?ncia central. Obteve-se predom?nio de profissionais de n?vel m?dio, do sexo feminino, com idade entre 30 a 34 anos, com forma??o profissional conclu?da nos ?ltimos 10 anos, sem p?s- gradua??o na ?rea de geriatria ou gerontologia e maioria sem capacita??o em gerontologia. Os familiares e cuidadores foram os componentes da rede social de apoio mais identificados pelos profissionais (66,3%). O acesso da pessoa idosa ? Unidade B?sica de Sa?de da Fam?lia foi considerado por 83,8% dos profissionais como o fator que mais interfere nas a??es de sa?de junto ao idoso. Quanto a inser??o da fam?lia no cuidado: 98,8% dos profissionais consideram a fam?lia como um dos objetivos da assist?ncia, por?m 82,5% auxiliam a fam?lia a conhecer sua fun??o e participar do cuidado junto ao idoso, destacando-se que nenhum profissional faz uso de instrumentos de avalia??o da funcionalidade da fam?lia. Quanto ?s a??es realizadas junto ao idoso, 91,25% realizam visita domiciliar ao idoso; 88,75% realizam o acolhimento; 77,5% conhecem os h?bitos de vida, valores culturais, ?ticos e religiosos dos idosos, suas fam?lias e da comunidade; 51,25% complementam as a??es atrav?s da intersetorialidade; 50% participam de grupos de viv?ncia de idosos; 33,75% mantem a caderneta de sa?de da pessoa idosa atualizados; 11,25% dos profissionais realizam o Planejamento Terap?utico Singular (PTS) e poucos implementam as a??es de promo??o ? sa?de de acordo com o PTS; h? d?ficit em algumas categorias profissionais na identifica??o de idosos fr?geis e o acompanhamento dos mesmos em domic?lio. Conclui-se, que a aten??o ? sa?de da pessoa idosa desenvolvida pelos profissionais da ESF diverge entre as categorias profissionais. Verificou-se fragilidades quanto a promo??o do envelhecimento ativo e saud?vel e no estabelecimento de uma aten??o integral e integrada a pessoa idosa. Recomenda-se a ado??o de atividades de educa??o permanente por parte da Gest?o Municipal, a priori para os profissionais da ESF na perspectiva das diretrizes da Pol?tica Nacional de Aten??o ? Sa?de da Pessoa Idosa e posteriormente para os demais profissionais que integram a rede de aten??o a sa?de da pessoa idosa em todos os n?veis de aten??o no munic?pio para a elabora??o de estrat?gias e pr?ticas que promovam a melhoria da qualidade da aten??o ? sa?de da pessoa idosa, impactando resultados efetivos e concretos em termos de produ??o de sa?de na realidade brasileira

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:30:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LuanaCA.pdf: 403938 bytes, checksum: f5f0a31844ee99a3cfe60b1ea4adf78f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / This study tried to know the social representation of dentists surgeons about the Family Health Program (FHP). Where used as methodological instruments a semi-structured interview and direct observation of work process in tive towns that are part of the metropolis region ofNatal city. During the interview some aspects where broached, such as the reasons of dentists surgeons join the FHP, what are the implications ofthe introduction of this program in the everyday practice, what kind of activities are they practicing and what are those professional missing the most in the FHP. In the direct observation where take in account some aspects related to the physic structure of health units, its service organization and demand, relationship amongst dentist and other member of the team, and about patient receptiveness, when they arrives at health unit. This study also identifY the researches subject showing their age, sex, for how they are graduates, what are them specialty and for how long they work for the FHP. The data had been analyzed through the analysis of content of Bardin5. The dentists depict the FHP for the change in assistance model through the preventive proposal of social work that makes possible to work with an ample concept of health. However what makes the FHP more attractive to dentists is the salary questiono The creation of bonds whit the community and the work whit groups and in team had been the main occurred changes in the daily one of the pratices ones of these professionals. The principal activities executed for these professionals inside of the new strategy of assistance in oral health are the carried trough preventive activities achieved in health units and social area. To them, the absence of institutional support and the employment of only one dentist for each team it is one the main point of strangling. There is no doubt that FHP is new strategy and that it is need a better integration amongst the professional, the institution / Este estudo se prop?s a conhecer as representa??es sociais dos cirurgi?es dentistas sobre o Programa Sa?de da Fam?lia. Utilizou-se como instrumentos metodol?gicos a entrevista semi-estruturada e a observa??o direta do processo de trabalho, nas unidades de sa?de de cinco munic?pios que comp?em a regi?o metropolitana do munic?pio de Natal. Durante a entrevista foram abordados aspectos como os motivos que levaram o cirurgi?o-dentista a se inserir no PSF, quais as implica??es da implanta??o deste programa no cotidiano de suas pr?ticas, que tipos de atividades eles est?o realizando e por fim, de qu? estes profissionais est?o sentindo falta no PSF. Na observa??o direta foram levados em conta alguns aspectos relacionados ? estrutura fisica das unidades de sa?de, organiza??o no atendimento e sua demanda, aspectos de relacionamento entre o dentista e demais membros da equipe e sobre o acolhimento do paciente, quando da sua chegada ? unidade de sa?de. Procurou-se tamb?m fazer uma caracteriza??o dos sujeitos pesquisados quanto ? idade, sexo, tempo de formado, tipo de especialidade e tempo de inser??o no PSF. Os dados foram analisados atrav?s da an?lise de conte?do de Bardin5. Os dentistas representam o PSF pela mudan?a no modelo de assist?ncia atrav?s de sua proposta preventiva, que possibilita trabalhar com o conceito ampliado de sa?de. Por?m, apontam como principal motivo para sua inser??o neste programa a quest?o salarial. A cria??o de v?nculos com a comunidade e o trabalho com grupos e em equipe foram as principais mudan?as ocorridas no cotidiano das pr?ticas destes profissionais. As principais atividades executadas por estes profissionais dentro da nova estrat?gia de assist?ncia em sa?de bucal s?o as atividades preventivas realizadas na unidade de sa?de e em espa?os sociais. Para eles, a falta de apoio institucional e a equipara??o de uma dentista para cada equipe aparecem como principais pontos de estrangulamento. N?o resta d?vida que o PSF ? uma estrat?gia nova e que necessita de uma maior integra??o entre o profissional, a institui??o e a comunidade, para que se tenha uma maior resolutividade nas a??es realizadas

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:30:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TatianaMSS.pdf: 644050 bytes, checksum: 04ba840cc19aa0c3d292c0d2a4e7bec0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-02-09 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The Health Family Program (HFP) was founded in the 1990s with the objective of changing the health care model through a restructuring of primary care. Oral health was officially incorporated into HFP mainly through the efforts of dental professionals, and was seen as a way to break from oral health care models based on curative, technical biological and inequity methods. Despite the fast expansion of HFP oral health teams, it is essential to ask if changes are really occurring in the oral health model of municipalities. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the incorporation of oral health teams into the Health Family Program by analyzing the factors that may interfere positively or negatively in the implementation of this strategy and consequently in the process of changing oral health care models in the National Health System in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. This evaluation involves three dimensions: access, work organization and strategies of planning. For this purpose,19 municipalities, geographically distributed according to Regional Public Health Units (RPHU), were randomly selected. The data collection instruments used were: structured interview of supervisors and dentists, structured observation, documental research and data from national health data banks. It was possible to identify critical points that may be impeding the implementation of oral health into HFP, such as, low incomes, no legal employment contract, difficulty in referring patients for high-complexity procedures, in developing intersectoral actions and program strategies such as epidemiologic diagnosis and evaluation of the new actions. The majority of municipalities showed little or no improvement in oral health care after incorporating the new model into HFP. All of them had failures in most of the aspects mentioned above. Furthermore, these municipalities are similar in other areas, such as low educational levels in children from 7 to 14 years of age, high child mortality rates and wide social inequalities. On the other hand, the five municipalities that had improved oral health, according to the categories analyzed, offered better living conditions to the population, with higher life expectancy, low infant mortality rates, per capita income among the highest in the state as well as high Human Development Index (HDI) means. Therefore, it is possible to conclude that public policies that include aspects beyond the health sector are decisive for a real change in health care models / O Programa Sa?de da Fam?lia (PSF) surgiu na d?cada de 1990, como uma proposta de mudan?a do modelo assistencial a partir de uma reorganiza??o da Aten??o B?sica, atrav?s da vigil?ncia ? sa?de. Entendendo a sa?de bucal como integrante desse processo, a sua incorpora??o oficial no PSF, fruto principalmente de uma luta corporativa, tem sido vista como possibilidade de romper com os modelos assistenciais em sa?de bucal baseados no curativismo, tecnicismo, biologicismo e excludentes. Apesar da r?pida expans?o das Equipes de sa?de bucal no PSF, ? preciso questionar se realmente est? ocorrendo mudan?as no modelo assistencial em sa?de bucal dos munic?pios. Portanto, este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar a incorpora??o da Sa?de Bucal no Programa Sa?de da Fam?lia a partir da an?lise de fatores que possam interferir positiva ou negativamente, na implementa??o dessa estrat?gia e, conseq?entemente no processo de mudan?a nos modelos assistenciais de sa?de bucal no Sistema ?nico de Sa?de no estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Esta avalia??o tomou como refer?ncia tr?s dimens?es as quais foram, o acesso, a organiza??o do trabalho e as estrat?gias de programa??o. Para isto, foram sorteados 19 munic?pios no estado, distribu?dos geograficamente pelas Unidades Regionais de Sa?de P?blica (URSAPs). Os instrumentos de coleta foram a entrevista estruturada aplicada a gestores e dentistas; a observa??o estruturada; a pesquisa documental e os dados do Sistema de Informa??o em Sa?de dos munic?pios. Foi poss?vel identificar pontos cr?ticos, que podem estar dificultando a implementa??o da sa?de bucal no PSF, os quais foram as prec?rias rela??es de trabalho, as dificuldades no referenciamento dos pacientes para a??es de m?dia e alta complexidade, no desenvolvimento de a??es intersetoriais e nas estrat?gias de programa??o como diagn?stico epidemiol?gico e avalia??o das a??es. A maioria dos munic?pios apresentou pouco ou nenhum avan?o no modelo assistencial em sa?de bucal, ap?s a incorpora??o da mesma no PSF, demonstrando falhas na maior parte dos aspectos relacionados acima. Al?m disso, s?o munic?pios, que apresentam caracter?sticas semelhantes em outros aspectos, como altas taxas de analfabetismo em crian?as de 7 a 14 anos, altas taxas de mortalidade infantil e grandes desigualdades sociais. Por outro lado, os cinco munic?pios que demontraram avan?os na sa?de bucal, de acordo com as categorias analisadas, apresentaram caracter?sticas de melhores condi??es de vida da popula??o, como alta expectativa de vida ao nascer, baixas taxas de mortalidade infantil, valores per capita entre os mais altos do estado, bem como, altos valores de IDH-M. Portanto, ? poss?vel concluir que as pol?ticas p?blicas mais amplas, que contemplem aspectos situados al?m do setor sa?de, s?o decisivas para uma real mudan?a nos modelos assistenciais em sa?de