Banca de DEFESA: NATHÁLIA PRISCILLA MEDEIROS COSTA DINIZ

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PROFILE OF USERS AND INTEGRATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY PRACTICES IN HEALTH 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 in different forms of struggles and political confrontations. In the field of health, the protagonists of the Sanitary Reform yearned for a health care model that would meet needs, democratize health as a universal right and consider 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 Health Practices (PICS) was marked by interests, such as recovering the knowledge and identity of popular groups, some historically marginalized, and by the State's interest in a new culture of care based on health promotion. Objective: Given this context, the present study aims to characterize the profile of adult and elderly users and the PICS developed in the context of the SUS in the municipality of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. Method: This is a study with a quantitative approach, of the exploratory-descriptive type, whose format is field with a survey design in the Primary Health Care Network of the municipality of Natal, limited to the Basic Health Unit, Health Strategy of Family and Mixed Unit. Results: 522 medical records of enrolled users were analyzed, the highest frequency being adult females (83.0%); elderly people of non-white race/color (82.6%) and with low education (67.8%); arterial hypertension (30.4%) and diabetes (17.4%) were more frequent in elderly people, as well as the presence of body pain (71.3%) and tooth/gum disease (42.6%). Auriculotherapy (58.2%) was the most used integrative practice in treatment procedures; 53.4% of the population received at least one service and 39.3% were attended in the North I health district. Conclusion: The study reaffirms the position of PICS in health care in the SUS, as well as showing 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.