This paper discusses the experiences of the process of institutional support in three primary health units of the Federal District, Brazil. Several meetings were held with the management team, professionals and workers of the Family Health Strategy to exercise the self-analysis of work processes, in this perspective the connections potentiating creative changes. Some devices have been deployed to facilitate co-management in primary health care and promote the democratization of management practices and attention. We conclude that institutional support is powerful strategy to stimulate workers involved with the transformation of the ways to manage and take care of patients, as well as their job satisfaction.
Primary Health Care; Institutional support; Humanization of assistance; Policies formulation