This study explored the current obstacles to the health research process, with emphasis on the application of results to the everyday practices of PrimaryHhealthcare workers. A qualitative study was conducted in a coordinating office in and primary care facility in Fortaleza, Ceará. A search of research projects and interviews with health professionals were conducted during the period 2015 to 2016. The results of the content analysis reveal obstacles to the use of research findings related to academia and health services, including bureaucratic problems linked to field work and difficulties experienced by health services in receiving researchers. Ensuring articulation between knowing and doing requires effort and commitment from both researchers and health professionals and administrators.
Primary healthcare; Academia and institutes; Comprehensive healthcare; From research to action; Knowledge-based