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Challenges and inequities regarding access and quality at PHC services

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

Luiz Facchini, PhD , Federal University of Pelotas, Brazilian Association of Collective Health (ABRASCO), Pelotas/RS, Brazil
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
Access and quality at primary health care (PHC) services in Brazil are among the major challenges to the Unified Health System (SUS), requiring efforts to spread training and education for public health workforce and PHC practitioners. Nowadays, ABRASCO (Brazilian Association of Collective Health) is coordinating a Research Network on PHC focusing on access and quality with 4,500 participants and is implementing a project of a Master Course on Health Family that is enrolling 32 Brazilian universities and would deliver about 1,000 fellowships in the whole country.

Learning Areas:

Chronic disease management and prevention
Clinical medicine applied in public health
Communication and informatics
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related education

Learning Objectives:
Compare the main challenges and inequities regarding access and quality at PHC services, particularly on chronic disease. Describe the issues and approaches of the Brazilian Research Network on PHC. Discuss the project of the Master Course on Health Family, addressing the main challenges to deliver 1,000 fellowships in the whole country.

Keyword(s): Primary Care, Health Disparities/Inequities

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been coordinating several researches focusing on access and quality at primary health care services in Brazil, as well as efforts to spread training and education for public health workforce and PHC practitioners. Nowadays, I am coordinating a taskforce at ABRASCO (Brazilian Association of Collective Health) to implement in the whole country a Master Course on Health Family that is enrolling 32 Brazilian universities and would deliver about 1,000 fellowships.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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