Aportes del enfoque familiar y comunitario en los Programas de Atención en Salud en Uruguay

Abstract

Introduction: In all stages of life, families and their active participation are essential to healthily promote growth and development. In Uruguay, the National Integrated Health System (SNIS), based on the new care model, using as an axis the central concepts from the renewed APS, which gives rise to an interest to work in all its components. Currently, through the programmatic areas of the Ministry of Health (MS), the priority guidelines of the Assistance programs (Childhood, Adolescence and Youth, Adult and Older Adult Health, among others) each one of them integrate different aspects regarding the Family Focus. However, from the health policies in our country there is no specific program for Family Health or Family Care. As an assistance unit, the family acquires importance given that it contains a large part of the daily determinants of the health-illness process. Objectives: To evaluate the application of the family and community component in the care programs of the National Integrated Health System in Uruguay. Material and methods: evaluative, qualitative, with content analysis. Results: Emphasizes the Family Focus from the integration of the family and community orientation component of the Renewed APS and from the presence of the Family Focus in the purpose, goals and objectives of the Programs. Conclusions: The integration of the Family Focus in health care programs, using as an axis the guidelines from the renewed APS, provides a necessary deeper look into its contents and in turn examines the progress made.