The effectiveness of primary care requires a replacement of practices exclusively focused on disease and individual care by interdisciplinary and comprehensive activities aiming at the family and collective care. This study intended to investigate the degree of concern shown, in their practices, by a professional staff of the Family Health Program in the city of Rio de Janeiro as to the relational dynamics of families. The use of semi-structured interviews and immersion in their work environments allowed the collection of information, which were treated with the technique of discourse analysis. The results indicate a limited understanding of these professionals as regards family dynamics.
Family Health Strategy; Family dynamics; Community health worker