Background: The aim of this review was to explore the quality assessment checklists development methods in previous researches using standardized patients (SPs), as well propose an evidence-based checklist procedure for common conditions primary health care (PHC) settings.

Strengthening Primary Health Care (PHC) relies directly on training medical specialists in primary care. This text aims to report the Family Medicine training experiences in Rio de Janeiro between 2008 and 2016. It brings to reflection the development of preceptors in medical specialization through an experience report on three Family Medicine medical residency programs, namely, the Municipal H...

This paper discusses the contribution of the concept of governance, combined with traditional approaches to primary health care (PHC) analysis, in a multicentre study covering Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Considering health systems’ variety of configurations and their segmented context, it aims to compare PHC implementation and performance characteristics in each country so as to ex...

BACKGROUND Since the WHO's Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care (PHC) there has been debate about the advisability of adopting comprehensive or selective PHC. Proponents of the latter argue that a more selective approach will enable interim gains while proponents of a comprehensive approach argue that it is needed to address the underlying causes of ill health and improve health outcomes...

Abstract Purpose Primary Health Care (PHC) is the coordinator of health care in Brazil and needs to be strengthened diagnostic field increase quality. Aiming improve tools currently available PHC, this work describes process development validation two point-of-care biomedical devices for screening patients with syphilis or different kinds cancer. Methods The these followed nine stages action ba...

BACKGROUND The Government of Enugu State plans to offer free perinatal services at the primary health care (PHC) centers in order to improve perinatal outcomes in the state, but it was not clear whether there are skilled birth attendants (SBAs) at the PHC level to implement the program. AIMS To determine whether there are sufficient numbers of SBAs in the public PHC system in Enugu State of N...

INTRODUCTION The New Zealand Primary Health Care Strategy has emphasised the importance of well-coordinated service teams in managing complex chronic conditions. There is international evidence that physiotherapists can contribute effectively to the prevention and management of these conditions. However, there are few examples of physiotherapists in New Zealand (NZ) engaging in primary health c...

BACKGROUND Primary health care (PHC) is the ideal setting to provide integrated services centred on the person and to implement health promotion (HP) activities. OBJECTIVE To identify proposals to approach HP in the context of primary care according to health-care users aged 45-75 years, key community informants and primary care centre (PCC) workers. METHODS Descriptive-interpretive qualita...

This study sought to evaluate the comprehensive nature of Primary Health Care (PHC), from the standpoint of the users of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) and users of others services of PHC. It involved a cross-sectional, analytical and quantitative study conducted in Montes Claros in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. For data collection, the adult version of a validated Primary Care Assessm...

BACKGROUND Although primary health care (PHC) is a key component of all health care systems, services are not always readily available, accessible or affordable. This systematic review examines effective strategies to enhance access to best practice processes of PHC in three domains: chronic disease management, prevention and episodic care. METHODS An extensive search of bibliographic data ba...