Capacitação do agente comunitário de saúde na prevenção do câncer de colo uterino

Atualmente, intensificam-se as discussões a respeito da educação em saúde, principalmente em relação aos agentes comunitários de saúde (ACS), para os quais a capacitação deve ser constante. Este estudo tem como objetivo relatar a experiência de capacitação de ACSs a respeito do tema câncer cérvico-uterino. A escolha do tema abordado baseou-se em sua relevância e na necessidade concreta dos ACSs observados, que não se sentiam empoderados com relação ao assunto. Diante disso, nove acadêmicos de Medicina e Enfermagem, monitores do PET-Saúde da Universidade de Brasília (UnB), realizaram encontros com ACSs dos municípios de Ceres e Santa Isabel (GO), com o intuito de fornecer a esses profissionais mais informações e técnicas para que a abordagem das usuárias em relação ao exame colpocitologico fosse bem-sucedida. A metodologia utilizada foi a integração entre educação bancária e educação dialógica, a fim de que elas se complementassem para alcançar melhores resultados. Foi evidenciado êxito, uma vez que os ACSs demonstraram ter assimilado o conteúdo e ter organizado os conceitos e puderam aplicá-los de forma criativa, envolvendo-se com o aprendizado e acrescentando a ele as suas vivências próprias em relação ao conhecimento aprendido.

Processo de interação ensino, serviço e comunidade: a experiência de um PET-Saúde

Este relato apresenta a experiência de um grupo PET-Saúde da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (Uefs), na Bahia, Brasil, em Unidades de Saúde, em uma perspectiva crítico-reflexiva da interação ensino-serviço-comunidade. Participaram do projeto acadêmicos dos cursos de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Educação Física, Enfermagem, Medicina e Odontologia. A avaliação do processo incluiu reuniões de acompanhamento, bem como o uso do portfólio. A experiência dos diferentes atores no grupo caracterizou-se como uma vivência inovadora, desafiadora e complexa, uma vez que exigiu articulação entre instituição de ensino, serviços de saúde, profissionais e comunidade.

Prevalência da violência praticada por parceiro masculino entre mulheres usuárias da rede primária de saúde do Estado de São Paulo

OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a prevalência e fatores associados à violência praticada por parceiro íntimo (VPI), entre mulheres usuárias das Unidades Básicas de Saúde (UBS) do Estado de São Paulo. MÉTODOS: Foi realizado um estudo descritivo de corte transversal, a partir da análise secundária de dados de entrevista a mulheres usuárias de 75 UBS de 15 Departamentos Regionais do Estado de São Paulo, no período de Agosto/2008 a Maio/2009. Foi utilizado questionário baseado no Abuse Assessment Screen e o Conflict Tactics Scales modificado pelo Violence Against Women Study (VAW), estruturado e pré-testado. As variáveis estudadas foram os tipos de VPI (psicológica, física e sexual) e variáveis sociodemográficas (idade, escolaridade, cor da pele, trabalho remunerado, religião, estado marital e classe econômica). Foram entrevistadas 2.379 mulheres de 18 a 60 anos. RESULTADOS: A prevalência de VPI durante a vida foi de 55,7%, sendo a psicológica, física e sexual de 53,8, 32,2 e 12,4%, respectivamente. As mulheres sem companheiro, mas com casamento anterior, com escolaridade <8 anos e da classe econômica mais baixa tiveram maior risco para todos os tipos de VPI, outros fatores ainda foram associados à VIP psicológica e sexual. CONCLUSÕES: A prevalência de VPI nas UBS do Estado de São Paulo é alta. Os profissionais de saúde da atenção primária devem atentar para a detecção da VPI.

Avaliação do conhecimento sobre terapia renal substitutiva dos profissionais de saúde nas regiões de Juiz de Fora, São João Nepomuceno e Santos Dumont

ResumoEm consonância com o Editorial "Como explicar a baixa penetração da diálise peritoneal no Brasil" publicado em 2014 no Jornal Brasileiro de Nefrologia, escrito pelo Professor Hugo Abensur,1 mostramos os resultados de um estudo denominado "Avaliação do conhecimento sobre terapia renal substitutiva dos profissionais de saúde nas microrregiões de Juiz de Fora, São João Nepomuceno e Santos Dumont" (Aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética da UFJF CAAE: 23659213.8.0000.5147 e financiado pela FAPEMIG sob número APQ 03626-12).Objetivo:Avaliar o conhecimento sobre TRS dos profissionais de saúde das microrregiões de Juiz de Fora, São João Nepomuceno e Santos Dumont.Métodos:Estudo transversal no período de abril de 2014 a abril de 2015. A população estudada foi de profissionais de saúde (médicos, enfermeiros e técnicos de enfermagem) que trabalhavam nas unidades de pronto atendimento (UPA) e atenção primária à saúde (UAPS). Os profissionais de saúde foram entrevistados com o uso de um questionário semiestruturado, baseado em um caso clínico de uma paciente com diagnóstico de Diabetes Mellitus, Hipertensão Arterial e Doença Renal Crônica que evoluiu com piora da função renal, de uma creatinina de 1,8 mg/dL para 12 mg/dL e com diferentes perguntas conforme trabalhasse na UAPS ou UPA e categoria profissional e nele continha uma questão qualitativa.Resultados:Foram entrevistados 75 profissionais de 8 municípios, sendo 26,7% médicos, 32% enfermeiros e 41,3% técnicos de enfermagem. A idade média foi de 38 anos. Destes, 70,7% trabalhavam em UAPS e 29,3% em UPA. Tanto na UPA quanto na UAPS a frequência referida de atendimento de casos semelhantes ficou entre uma vez por mês e uma vez a cada três meses. A maioria encaminharia o paciente para unidade hospitalar e indicaria TRS. A TRS mais indicada pelos médicos é a HD (> 90% dos casos) e menos de 10% indicariam DP como primeira escolha. A associação de "creatinina" e função renal" é adequada em mais de 90% das respostas, a despeito de não haver associação da mesma com nível de filtração glomerular, quando esta pergunta é feita. Mais de 90% dos profissionais não médicos desejam realizar treinamento/capacitação em nefrologia/TRS.Conclusão:Observamos que a maioria dos profissionais não indicam diálise peritoneal, principalmente profissionais médicos, tanto das UAPS quanto das UPAs; 90% destes indicaram HD. Sobre enfermeiros e técnicos de enfermagem das UAPS, 52,1% indicaram HD e 9,4% DP. Aqueles da UPA 41,6% indicaram HD e 26,6% DP. Concluímos que uma minoria dos profissionais de saúde indicaria DP como primeira escolha e, na questão qualitativa referem frequente déficit de "conhecimento na área", estão interessados em realizar treinamento/capacitação.

Protocolo clínico para a atenção básica do sus : análise dos conflitos e harmonias na percepção dos profissionais médicos

Objetivos: Descrever a opinião dos profissionais médicos que trabalham em unidades de atenção primária do Sistema Único de Saúde, dos municípios de Ponta Grossa – PR e Cuiabá - MT, com relação ao que estes apontam como importantes e, assim, compor a percepção destes profissionais sobre os conflitos e harmonias a que os protocolos clínicos usados na atenção primária estão expostos, quando levados para dentro da unidade. Método: Este trabalho é um estudo de caso do tipo levantamento realizado nos municípios de Ponta Grossa – PR e Cuiabá – MT, através de um questionário composto por perguntas abertas e fechadas. Resultados e Conclusões: As principais características apontadas pelos participantes são: Clareza nos passos a serem seguidos; Facilidade na consulta e compreensão; Capacidade da unidade em realizar as recomendações perante as demais atividades já existentes”; Vontade política do gestor em implantar o protocolo; Presença de mecanismos que permitam o acompanhamento e verificação da evolução do caso; Dificuldade em se mudar uma rotina que já existe há muito tempo no local; e Atividades econômicas do publico que será atendido. De acordo com as características os protocolos estão expostos a todos os conflitos dos Cs Cessantes, sendo, para os participantes, os mais importantes o Custo e o Cerceamento. Os cerceamentos mais citados são: Comportamentais, Tradicionais e Autoritários.

Práticas de cuidado na saúde da criança : percepções de enfermeiras do Programa Saúde da Família

Este estudo busca compreender as práticas desenvolvidas por enfermeiras no cuidado à saúde da criança no contexto da atenção primária em saúde. É uma pesquisa qualitativa do tipo exploratório-descritiva, desenvolvida com oito enfermeiras que atuam em Unidades Básicas de Saúde, que compõem as equipes de Programa de Saúde da Família (PSF), na cidade de Bento Gonçalves/RS. Para subsidiar a coleta de dados, foi utilizado o Método Criativo-Sensível proposto por Cabral (1998), através da realização de duas oficinas, intituladas: Árvore do Conhecimento e Modelagem, que conjugadas apresentaram subsídios para a realização de reflexões individuais e discussões coletivas. A análise das informações adota a proposta de Bardin (1977), utilizando-se a Análise de Conteúdo, do tipo temática para compreender os significados que emergem das comunicações. Revelaram-se três temas e sub-temas, denominados: Crescimento e Desenvolvimento Infantil; Contexto da Família no Processo de Cuidar a Criança e o Papel do Profissional Enfermeiro, e; Do ideário das práticas de cuidado de enfermeiras na saúde da criança à construção de estratégias e processos de mudança. Os resultados revelaram que utilização das oficinas foi um instrumento potencializador do pensar e agir, proprorcionado a reflexão e ressignificação das ações realizadas pelas enfermeiras voltadas para a saúde da criança, levando-as a ter uma melhor compreensão de suas relações com a criança e a família.

Modelo para avaliação de desempenho do sistema de saúde municipal com foco nas ações da saúde materno-infantil da atenção básica por meio de indicadores sociais

O presente trabalho aborda o desempenho dos sistemas municipais de saúde, tendo como foco a saúde materno-infantil. Com o objetivo de apontar as possíveis fragilidades dos sistemas de saúde, especificamente daqueles em que a Atenção Primária (AP) é a principal ou exclusiva estratégia de atuação da gestão municipal, foi criado um modelo teórico de avaliação dos indicadores de saúde, denominado de ADS. Aplicado às cidades com população entre 14 mil e 35 mil habitantes, onde o sistema de saúde se baseia exclusivamente na política de AP, esse modelo foi construído por meio da técnica de consenso, com a formação de um grupo de 12 especialistas na área de saúde coletiva para definição e validação de critérios para análise dos sistemas. Testado na cidade de Iati, localizada no Agreste Meridional e distante 282 quilômetros da capital pernambucana, o ADS apontou fatores ambientais e socioeconômicos abaixo da média, além de vulnerabilidades da assistência materno-infantil que influenciam negativamente a situação de saúde do município. A avaliação verificou ainda desempenho insatisfatório no que diz respeito ao acompanhamento das crianças e gestantes por meio de consultas médicas (efetividade); assistência à criança (continuidade); cobertura de consultas em crianças e imunização de gestantes (acesso aos serviços da Atenção Primária); produtividade das ações realizadas pelos profissionais de saúde (eficiência) e capacidade de investigação dos óbitos infantis, qualidade dos registros e controle da sífilis em gestantes (vigilância à saúde). Também foi observada baixa alocação de investimentos em saúde em combinação com a carência de recursos humanos e materiais para prestar os serviços. Ao final da pesquisa, foi possível constatar a viabilidade de aplicação do modelo para planejamento das auditorias, avaliando o desempenho dos indicadores de saúde no âmbito municipal.

Repercussões da terapia comunitária no processo de trabalho na estratégia saúde da família: um estudo representacional

The Community Therapy (CT) is in a practice of therapeutic effect and may also be considered as a technology takes care of the therapeutic procedure group, whose purpose is to promote health, prevent illness, developed within primary care in mental health. In this study we sought to understand the social representations of health professionals who work with the Community Therapy, on use of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in the city of Joao Pessoa. This is a field research with a qualitative view Moscovician Theory of Social Representations, held with seven professionals of the FHS, therapists of Community Health District II. The empirical data were obtained by carrying out two thematic therapies in April 2009, which were wheeled CT. It was used as a technique for analyzing the collective subject discourse, and the data presented through graphs, charts, maps, pictures and graphics and arranged in three stages: Subjects of the study, characterizing the study participants; Social Representations of Therapist Community presenting and discussing the social representations of therapists community studied on CT, and Consequences of Community Therapy at the Family Health Strategy, discussing the meanings attributed by the study participants about changes in FHS. Meanings were attributed to the CT by the therapists studied originated from the speeches, songs, drawings and constructed, and that presented by schematic illustration show the relation between the representations: life, listening, faith / light, change, transformation. The web, symbol of CT, appeared on the images constructed by the representatives of the study and represents the formation of bonds that allows the construction of social support networks that strengthen relationships among community. In the study, proved by professionals who have the meanings about the changes in the work process from the introduction of CT, and shown that the change took place within a more welcoming attitude on the part of professionals, the relationship between Team members had no significant changes, explained by the low compliance of team members to the CT in relation to the user front, the bond was strengthened, and this involved strengthening the role of the therapist community. It is recognized, thereby transforming the character of CT in building links with users, requiring, however, that the team is viewed as offering therapeutic services, not the professional therapist. Therefore, the CT for being a new phenomenon in health services and community belonging, it fits like a novelty which affects the construction of a representation dispute. Still, can contribute to the reorganization of mental health care in line with the new model of mental health care advocated by the Psychiatric Reform.

Trânsito de saberes e campo representacional na visão dos profissionais da saúde da família e do programa de educação pelo trabalho e para a saúde

The Family Health Strategy (ESF) is emerging as a possible restructuring of services and new practices of intervention in health care; it requires skilled professionals to work with that framework. Within this purpose, we established the Education Programme for Work and Health (PET-Saúde), in order to integrate teaching and service activities, focusing on primary care. On this basis, the aim of this work is to apprehend the social representation of nurse, doctor and dentist (Project PET-Natal Health RN preceptors) on the ESF, while practice field of them. It is a descriptive and exploratory study, with a qualitative approach, carried out in 07 Family Health Units (USF) included in the PET-Saúde Natal (RN). The population was composed of 35 professional components of the primary care team with bachelor's degree of the USF linked to this project. The sample was composed of 05 nurses, 05 physicians and 05 dentists, for a total of 15 subjects. Data were collected through three instruments: the drawing-themed story, a semi-structured individual interviews and field diary. The data relating to the identification of the subjects were entered and tabulated by the Microsoft Excel software 2007 version. The drawing analysis and interpretation is given by the significance attributed to the resource chart from title and keywords assigned by the subjects, considering the ESF as an inductive term. The stories and interviews were transcribed and typed and then subjected to read/listen the material and a lexical analysis through Alceste. After this process, the discursive material was analyzed and discussed by theoretical and methodological feature of the Social Representations theory. The majority of health professionals were female, aged between 46 and 52 years old, married, income less than six minimum wage, time since graduation ranged from 22 to 29 years and working time in the ESF range from 02 to 11 years. From the classification system ALCESTE were selected categories identified by: Category 1 - ESF: relations and territory; Category 2 - Training and bond profile; Category 3 - Working process in the ESF; Category 4 - Articulation between teaching and service; Category 5 - Health care and disease prevention. The representational field construction, while a process, followed the logic of structural cores in existing categories. In this sense, it is clear that the ESF is an environment rich in diversity, experience and relationships with potential such as the relationship "very subject-subject" and the link established between professional-community, but also has some weaknesses such as poor working conditions, lack of popular participation and management support, thus difficulties in the achievement of teamwork. Being essential to that end, the teaching-service aimed at the formation of a new health professional able to work in the ESF. In this research, the training of the representational field encountered a diversity of structural cores, or thoughts on training, about the ESF because of the greater emphasis on the here and now of the interaction between health professionals, the ESF, the community, PET Health-UFRN and students, emphasizing that such proposals are still considered as concepts in the context of recent health and that, therefore, are not fully realized in the social imaginary

Ações dos agentes comunitários de saúde diante do usuário da estratégia saúde da família com estados depressivos no Município de Abaiara-CE-BR

Brazilian health public assistance is going through two Reforms, Sanitary and Psychiatric, and through these the assistance is guaranteed in the three levels: primary, secondary and tertiary. Thus, mental health assistance should be offered since preventive cares until the ones that demand larger technological apparatus. Programs like Health Community Agent's Program (HCAP) and Family Health Strategy (FHS), besides increasing the services coverage, have been making possible the system reorientation in the meaning of integrality, universalization and equity. Thus, united intervention of mental health team and FHS can offer several benefits to the population, providing assistance and follow-up to patients with mental disorder. It was aimed to assess health community agents facing the user of Family Health Strategy in depressive state. This quanti-qualitative study took place in the municipal district of Abaiara-CE. Semi-structured interview was applied with health community agents and Beck Depression Inventory with the users registered in Family Health Strategy. It was verified that among the 64 users interviewed, 12.5% didn't present symptoms of depression, 10.9% presented symptoms of light depression, 14.1% symptoms of moderate depression and 62.5% symptoms of serious depression. For the 22 health community agents interviewed, they all reported the existence of people with symptoms of depression in their personal micro-areas, being difficult to work with them, once the FHS team is not qualified to work with mental health problems. It was verified that the Municipal district doesn't have specialized professionals, making difficult the routing and treatment. Based on these results, it was concluded that in spite of the articulation of mental health with FHS is necessary and benefactor to the population, it still doesn't exist, worsening the situation, mainly in small Municipal districts, once they don't have mental health services. Thus, the population is exposed and without follow-up, which allows the identification of installed diseases and with gravity, like depression, because there are no prevention and control activities. It is recommended, due the extreme need, the elaboration and implantation of a mental health program in these municipal districts, articulated with FHS

Identificação de crianças e adolescentes com suspeita de câncer: uma proposta de intervenção

Unlike adult cancer, where cells usually originate from epithelial tissue and is linked to environmental factors, malignant tumors in childhood are mostly of embryonic origin and have a phase of rapid proliferation. When not started chemotherapy at this stage, the tumor increases in size, reducing their growth rate, thus reducing the response to chemotherapy. Childhood cancer is in Brazil, the second cause of mortality among children and adolescents from one to nineteen. His impact on the ranking of diseases becomes significantly important to public health since the first issue is related to accidents and violence. Many children are still sent to the centers of high complexity for cancer treatment with advanced stage disease. The delay in referral to diagnosis can be family, or the difficulty of access to the health sector, or the characteristics of the disease and lack of health staff regarding theme of childhood cancer. Before this problem, we aimed to assess the performance of health teams in the identification of child and adolescent symptoms of cancer in primary care, through the action research methodology, which includes the teaching-learning, seminars, describing the actions of the group and discussing the activities after the training. This study involved thirty-seven health professionals who provide care for children and adolescents in the USF Felipe Shrimp II, the Support Center for Children with Cancer and the pediatric hospital UFRN during the period from March to December 2010. The data were analyzed simultaneously to evaluate actions, following the direction of the analysis of ideas Freires, having as theoretical reference the primary health care. The diagnosis of current reality, as knowledge of the health team targeted for early identification of signs and symptoms raised through questioning, presented as generative themes: resistance to change, awareness of the need for apprehension of knowledge; prior knowledge through the media, fragmentation of the healthcare network, interfering with the operation of the reference and counter, the stigma of death, among others. The selected themes enabled the choice of content for the preparation of four seminars, such as implementation of collective action for discussion problematical. The teaching-learning process has allowed the study participants awareness of the problem and work through the knowledge acquired by interfering in decreasing the time interval between the identification of signs and symptoms of cancer and early specialist treatment. Their difficulties we are faced with a diagnosis of terminal cancer and associated with delayed access to laboratory tests and imaging necessary for the diagnosis of neoplasms. Thus, we find that when the team is consciously involved in the education process from identification of the problem situation, there may be significant changes in daily activities through awareness of being. However, we also realize that acquisition of knowledge and interest of the team are not enough, since to be efficiency of our service, we need an organization of cancer care network operating in the state of Rio Grande do Norte

A busca de sintomáticos respiratórios de tuberculose na prática e perspectiva do agente comunitário de saúde nos distritos sanitários de Natal

The objective of this work - which is characterized analyze the search for symptomatic tuberculosis in practice and perspective of the Community Health Agent (ACS) in the districts of Natal. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. The study population was 646 professionals, and conducted a probabilistic random sampling, stratified by districts. The data were collected from one instrument to collect data based on Primary Care Assesment Toll (PCAT) and analyzed by descriptive statistics. The sample consisted of ACS was 87% female. Among the study participants 58% completed high school and 120 months of exercise training (95% CI 111.9 to 129.5) on average. 90% were USF. The average follow-up of cases found were 2 cases of TB since the beginning of the career of the ACS and the last three years the average is presented in a case accompanied. The ACS received satisfactory ratings on the bond of trust with the user, so as access to homes in the community. The ACS reported for denying the fear of being positive result was the biggest reason for not performing the sputum. All units have a professional that responds to the Tuberculosis Control Program. Regarding the structural capacity of primary care settings for the diagnosis of TB, we observed satisfactory levels in different districts of pots for sputum collection, however, a point that deserves attention from managers is lack of materials for packaging sputum. Fear of positive result was one of the reasons for the refusal of sputum collection, followed by alcoholism. With regard to TB suspects, all responded that ACS always suspect when the user has TB coughs, but in all districts were noticed at low delivery of requests for applications for smear. BSR in TB control, is characterized in practice as a complex action goes beyond technical expertise and contact with the family that breaks with the Cartesian. The BSR is part of the ACS can perform them from the daily visits. We conclude that the ACS is difficult to achieve. This practice should not be the privilege of this actor, but the entire team of primary care. We must rethink the practices of TB care, seeing the health surveillance while aegis of the working process of primary care teams for early diagnosis and thereby reduce TB in communities

Inclusão da criança com deficiência na estratégia de saúde da família

The objective of analyze the shift of the working process of the ESF team in care of children with disabilities, from awareness-raising actions. It is a qualitative study, with the action-research method. Thirteen health professionals were involved from two teams of ESF unit area of the Unidade de Saúde da Família Dr. Chico Porto (UBSFCP) in Mossoró, from March to August 2011. Data were analyzed following the direction of freirean s thematic analysis. In the situational diagnosis of the current reality of CwD assistance in that UBSFCP, through participant observation and application of semi-structured interviews with professionals, we realize that despite these actions carry some assistance to the CwD, in practice few are used for inclusion and accessibility. The monitoring of the CwD is done through individual consultations by each team professional, home visits when possible, both ruled on the complaints and problems, with little solving in the used actions. Since the need for a change in the treatment model and training requirements as pointed out by professionals in the interview, then we decided to build the proposed of training suggested by the multidisciplinary team and put together collectively the achievement of this moment in all its phases. In the step of implementation (action), aspects related to the current situation in Brazil and Mossoró (Laws, policies and health care) for the CwD and CwD Assistance and their family in the ESF in the first two moments of the first training (action) were contemplate. On the second day we discussed the specialized care to CwD, contribution of the Handicapped Parents and Friends Association of Mossoró and in a second moment a workshop was held in which awareness for inclusion of CwD and actions of ESF were discussed. All these moments were discussed and collectively constructed. In the evaluation, we found that implementation (action) allowed to the professional the comprehension of new understandings about people with disabilities, on ways to include, guiding, caring, watching, and mainly to have a new vision on health assistance of the CwD, expanding assistance beyond clinical aspects and recognizing the educational aspects of the rights and duties of citizens and the inclusion of these children in the social spaces area. As difficulties, we face the need for some professionals to be absent to attend another job, solve personal problems, and little or no participation. Thus, during this action-research, the subjects were able to realize the importance of carrying out their practice to the quality of life for him and to the one they care

A pessoa idosa com doença crônica não transmissível atendida em serviços de média complexidade na cidade de Natal/RN

The demographic and epidemiological transition process caused by a declining in birth rates and in mortality, also changes occurred in morbidity and mortality is represented by the increasing of the aging population and the raising of chronic diseases. These diseases are characterized by multiple etiologies, risk factors, long latency period, a prolonged evolution, non-infectious origin and it has association with functional impairment and disability. Thus, elderly with chronic non-communicable disease has priority because they belong to a vulnerable group to get affection of comorbidities in aging, with increased demand and spending on health services. This study is aimed to analyse the understanding of elderly people with chronic non comunicable disease in the medium complexity service as a contribution to the improvement of health care in the city of Natal / RN. This is a descriptive and exploratory study with a quantitative approach, carried out at the Specialized Center for Elderly Health Care and at the Pescadores Hospital. The population was composed of 4,180 persons with a sample of 124 elderly aged above 60 years, attended in these medium complexity services. The instrument, a structured form, adapted from a questionnaire for monitoring risk and protective factors for chronic disease of the Ministry of Health. To collect data was was used the interview form containing demographic data, habits, health status and health care services. The results were processed using the Statistical Package for Social Science, version 18.0, analyzed by simple statistics. It was found that most seniors were female, predominantly between 70 and 74 years old, married, with a brown skin tone and Catholic religion, more than half had incomplete basic education, family income between one to two minimum wages and living with their families. Regarding the interviewers lifestyle, 94.4%, of them ate chicken and 97.6%, fruits, it was observed a reduction in smoking, alcoholism habits and physical activity according to the increasing age, 58.1 and 18.5% had insomnia18,5 % used sleeping pills. The elderly (51.6%) reported using services in times of sickness, seeking primary care at first (30.6%), 52% did not receive referral and was looking for free demand (38.7%). The most reported morbidity was hypertension, followed by musculoskeletal disorders. Regarding the difficulties in seeking health services, the delay in treatment and the waiting line were the most cited by the elderly. Almost all of them reported no activities to promote health in these services and those who received individual counseling on chronic diseases. Almost always, the health professionals who care of them, were mostly doctors followed by nurses. Based on the results presented, it is considered that the health services of medium complexity must undergone a more continuous dialogue with other attention level and focus on actions of health promotion and prevention. It is also recommended the necessity for qualified professionals to delivery health care to elderly and the implementation of protocols by a multidisciplinary health team, intending to provide better and continous care for the elderly with chronic diseases. The healthcare professionals who served them, were mostly physicians, followed by nurses. Through the results presented, it is considered that the medium complexity healthcare services need to perform a more continuous dialogue with the other levels of attention focusing attention to the health promotion and prevention actions. It is also recommended the necessity for qualified professionals to delivery healthcare for the elderly, in addition, a protocol implementation for the multidisciplinary health care team, to provide better care, and also the care continuity to elderly with chronic diseases