Levantamento das práticas integrativas e complementares em saúde em uma região metropolitana

Abstract

The Unified Health System (SUS), instituted since 1988, brings with it the care model based on comprehensive care. In this sense, in 2006, the Integrative and Comple-mentary Practices in Health (PICS) was made official in the Brazilian Health System. The Practices cover complex medical systems and therapeutic resources that have effective and safe technologies. Thus, the study comprised a survey of the scenario of Integrative and Complementary Practices in Health in the Metropolitan Region of Natal / RN. It is an analytical, descriptive, exploratory study that covered all municipalities in the Metro-politan Region of Natal / RN, which are: Natal, Parnamirim, Macaíba, São Gonçalo do Amarante, Extremoz, Ceará-Mirim, São José de Mipibu, Nísia Floresta, Monte Alegre, Vera Cruz, Maxaranguape, Ielmo Marinho, Arês and Goianinha, according to Comple-mentary Law n ° 559, of December 28, 2015 (RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, 2015). The research began by reviewing articles in order to attest to the local existence of the service. There was also documentary analysis (laws and ordinances) in order to evidence the im-plementation of the municipal policy of Integrative and Complementary Practices in Health. Secondly, an analysis was made of the database of the Module II Team, the II cycle of the National Program for the Improvement of Access and Quality of Primary Care - PMAQ, 2014. After analyzing the official documents and accessing the infor-mation from the PMAQ database, 2nd cycle, 2014, it was noticed that there was, in fact, a considerable performance of Integrative and Complementary Practices in Health by the Primary Care professionals of this region.