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INDICATORS AND INFORMATION IN LOCAL HEALTH PLANNING: THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY NURSES1 1 Article extracted from the thesis - The use of the Primary Care Information System by nurses in local health planning, presented to the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (PEN/UFSC), in 2013.

INDICADORES Y INFORMACIÓN EN LA PLANIFICACIÓN DE SALUD LOCAL: VISIÓN DE ENFERMERAS DE LA ESTRATEGIA DE SALUD FAMILIAR

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to analyze the use of health indicators from the Primary Care Information System by Family Health Strategy nurses in the planning of local health action. It is a multiple case study, whose data were collected by documentary research, nonparticipant observation and semistructured interviews held with eight nurses from the teams selected, analyzed using the technique of combined thematic summary. The results evidenced the health indicators used, the health information, and criticisms made of the computerized information system. The nurses use the health indicators in planning activities related to the Family Health Strategy, but use other sources of data in order to complement the information. For them, the instrument is restricted and limited, as it is necessary to broaden the information referent to the health indicators and regionalize the instrument in order to better attend the community.

Health status indicators; Primary health care; Information systems; Family health; Nursing

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