ABSTRACT
Objective
Assess the overall score of the Primary Health Care in municipalities where children and adolescents living with HIV reside, according to the PCATool-Brazil instrument, professional version.
Methods
Quantitative study with 527 professionals in 25 municipalities where children and adolescents living with HIV reside. Data collection took place between March and August 2014, by applying PCATool-Brazil instrument, professional version. In the data analysis, we used Pearson’s chi-square test, the Mann Whitney test and Poisson regression. All ethical aspects were respected.
Results
The overall assessment of the Basic Health Unit (BHU) and the Family Health Strategy’s (FHS) service quality was satisfactory (6.80). When BHU and FHS were compared, only the latter showed a high score (7.06).
Conclusions
Despite the satisfactory overall score, the need to expand the FSH coverage, and encourage the promotion of competitive public service examinations and the qualification of these professionals.
Primary health care; Health services evaluation; Child health; Adolescent health; HIV; Nursing