Family and community medicine and family health in Brazil: a strategy to provide primary health care for all
Health policies that spawned the design of the health systems in Brazil were undertaken with strong civil society participation. This is the case of the Family Health Strategy, based on the basic principles of the Brazilian Single Health System (SUS): universality, equity and integration, in the con...
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| description | Health policies that spawned the design of the health systems in Brazil were undertaken with strong civil society participation. This is the case of the Family Health Strategy, based on the basic principles of the Brazilian Single Health System (SUS): universality, equity and integration, in the context of decentralization and social control of health administration. This review focuses on the SUS milestones and its institutional mission, delving into what is meant by family health and describing how family medicine and community and family health have been a strategy to provide primary health care for all. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50ad0614a54143fb9eaaec66879485372022-12-21T23:15:49ZengMedwave Estudios LimitadaMedwave0717-63842013-01-011301e5588Family and community medicine and family health in Brazil: a strategy to provide primary health care for allArmando Henrique NormanNulvio Lermen JuniorHealth policies that spawned the design of the health systems in Brazil were undertaken with strong civil society participation. This is the case of the Family Health Strategy, based on the basic principles of the Brazilian Single Health System (SUS): universality, equity and integration, in the context of decentralization and social control of health administration. This review focuses on the SUS milestones and its institutional mission, delving into what is meant by family health and describing how family medicine and community and family health have been a strategy to provide primary health care for all.http://dx.doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2013.01.5588family medicinefamily healthprimary health care strategy |
| spellingShingle | Armando Henrique Norman Nulvio Lermen Junior Family and community medicine and family health in Brazil: a strategy to provide primary health care for all Medwave family medicine family health primary health care strategy |
| title | Family and community medicine and family health in Brazil: a strategy to provide primary health care for all |
| title_full | Family and community medicine and family health in Brazil: a strategy to provide primary health care for all |
| title_fullStr | Family and community medicine and family health in Brazil: a strategy to provide primary health care for all |
| title_full_unstemmed | Family and community medicine and family health in Brazil: a strategy to provide primary health care for all |
| title_short | Family and community medicine and family health in Brazil: a strategy to provide primary health care for all |
| title_sort | family and community medicine and family health in brazil a strategy to provide primary health care for all |
| topic | family medicine family health primary health care strategy |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2013.01.5588 |
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