Prenatal Care for Adolescents and attributes of Primary Health Care

Objective

evaluate prenatal care for adolescents in health units, in accordance withthe attributes of Primary Health Care (PHC) guidelines.

Method

quantitative study conducted with health professionals, using the PrimaryCare Assessment Tool-Brazil to assess the presence and extent of PHCattributes.

Results

for all the participating units, the attribute Access scored ≤6.6; theattributes Longitudinality, Coordination (integration of care), Coordination(information systems) and Integrality scored ≥6.6, and the Essential Score≤6.6. Comparing basic units with family health units, the attribute scoreswere equally distributed; Accessibility scored ≤6.6, the others attributesscored ≥6.6; however, in the basic units, the Essential Score was ≤6.6 and,in the family health units, ≥6.6.

Conclusion

expanding the coverage of family health units and the training ofprofessionals can be considered strategies to qualify health care.