Building a model to evaluate use of the National Program for Improving Primary Health Care Access and Quality in Brazil

Medeiros, Gabriella de Almeida Raschke; Nickel, Daniela Alba; Calvo, Maria Cristina Marino

Building a model to evaluate use of the National Program for Improving Primary Health Care Access and Quality in Brazil^* Authors’ contributions Medeiros GAR, Nickel DA and Calvo MCM contributed to the conception and design of the study, data analysis and interpretation. Medeiros GAR wrote the first version of the manuscript. Nickel DA and Calvo MCM critically reviewed the manuscript’s content. All authors have approved the final version for publication and declared themselves to be responsible for all aspects of the study, ensuring its accuracy and integrity.

Abstract

Objective:

to build a model to evaluate use of the National Program for Improving Primary Health Care Access and Quality (PMAQ-AB) in Brazil.

Methods:

document analysis and literature review followed by a consensus workshop with specialists, 19 specialists were invited who were selected because of their teaching or research experience, professional activities or publications related to the subject; validation took place on an online platform where participants were asked to analyze the evaluation proposal and to give their opinion based on the categories ‘I totally agree’, ‘partially agree’, and ‘disagree’.

Results:

15 specialists confirmed their participation; at the end of three rounds, the specialists emphasized the clarity of the proposal and the clarity of the object of evaluation presented in both the Logic Model and the Theoretical Logic Model; the specialists fully agreed with the Evaluation Matrix and confirmed its theoretical consistency.

Conclusion

this model will be applied to evaluate the use of PMAQ-AB in Primary Health Care management and health team actions.

Keywords:
Primary Health Care; Program Evaluation; Health Evaluation; Health Care Surveys