Contrasts of cities bring issues to health production and care management in areas of vulnerability. It was studied the perception of managers and professionals in relation to the work process in health, their motivations and rationalities, in a territory assisted by the Family Health Strategy. Professionals feel motivated by philanthropy and by a sense of professional vocation from the perception that primary care incorporates practices with lower technological density. Emergency actions with supporting approach reinforce a care model with predominance of treatment actions before the naturalization of health problems related to the extreme poverty of the region.
Primary Health Care; Delivery of health care; Social Vulnerability