Reception analysis based on relationships in Primary Care in the city of Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

Objective: Analyze the reception based on the relationships between professionals in Primary Care, highlighting its configuration and the position of the different actors in a Primary Health Care unit in the city of Rio de Janeiro.Methods: A descriptive study with a quantitative approach involving 37 professionals, whose analysis was developed through the lens of Social Network Analysis, which allowed the mapping of relationships between the actors from the host and represent them graphically. Results: The presence of all actors in the network presupposes the existence of bonds and some dynamics of exchange of resources, knowledge or information, as well as movements triggered from the reception in the perspective of care production. In turn, the centrality in the network of higher level actors, such as doctors and nurses and community health agents occupying the periphery, converge to translate care focused on the biomedical model. Conclusions:It was observed an important role of the host in dictating forms of organization and operation, as well as bringing emphasis on the production of care in the field, which meets the prescribed and institutionalized in normative policies and away from the host-action necessary and expected for Primary Health Care.