ABSTRACT
Objectives:
to analyze the teamwork in the Family Health Strategy from the perspective of professionals from the Primary Care Department and the municipal manager/secretary of health of a Municipal Health Secretariat.
Methods:
an exploratory/qualitative study. All professionals of the Department and municipal manager/municipal health secretary/interior of Minas Gerais participated. Data collection was through semi-structured interviews/May to November/2019. Data analysis: Content analysis/thematic mode and work process theoretical referential.
Results:
three categories emerged: Inter-professional relations permeated by non-material instruments of work; Professional training, experience, and profile influence teamwork; and Proposals for the realization of teamwork in the Family Health Strategy. Results revealed assumptions for teamwork in the referred Strategy, facilitators/difficulties/strategies for its realization, according to the professionals. Final Considerations: collaboration/communication/proactivity to facilitate teamwork. Need for approximation between municipal management and Family Health Strategy to achieve teamwork.
Descriptors:
Primary Health Care; Patient Care Team; Health Management; Family Health Strategy; Inter-professional Relationships