Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: NATHÁLIA PRISCILLA MEDEIROS COSTA DINIZ

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF USERS OF INTEGRATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH PRACTICES IN THE PRIMARY CARE NETWORK OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NATAL/RN

Complementary Therapies; Public policy; Primary Health Care; Health promotion; Collective Health.

Introduction: In Brazilian history, Public Policies were achieved through social movements under different forms of political struggles and confrontations. In the field of health, the protagonists of the Health Reform yearned for a model of health care that met needs, democratized health as a universal right and considered the principle of integrality in care. Thus, the Unified Health System (SUS) was established and in this context the National Policy on Integrative and Complementary Practices (PNPIC) was published as one of the many achievements of users and health professionals. The insertion of Integrative and Complementary Practices in Health (PICS) was marked by interests, such as the rescue of knowledge and identity of popular groups, some historically marginalized and by the State's interest in a new culture of care guided by health promotion. The PNPIC was implemented in 2006, by Ordinance No. 971 of May 3, initially with five PICS. In 2017 and 2018, the PICS offered by the SUS were expanded through ordinances nº 849 of March 27 and nº 702 of March 21, respectively, currently totaling 29 PICS in the list of procedures. Objective: Given this context, the present study aims to outline a profile of PICS users developed in the context of the SUS in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. Results: 522 medical records were analyzed, of which 22% are 60 years of age or older; 82.2% are female; 54% are of mixed race/color; 63% does not contain information on education; 19.2% with a health history of hypertension and 9.8% of diabetes; 64.4% with clinical assessment of body pain, being 62% treated with the integrative practice of auriculotherapy; 53.4% received at least one service and 39.3% of the consultations were carried out in the North I health district. Conclusion: The study reaffirms the position of PICS in health care in the SUS, as well as evidences its use for the health of the population, contributing to the PICS studies for health promotion, prevention and protection, as well as providing important information in the context of the integrative health of this public for health planning and management at municipal, state and national levels.