Perfil sociodemográfico e trajetória profissional dos gestores, enfermeiros e médicos do programa mais médicos na Paraíba

Abstract

Understanding the professional trajectory and the sociodemographic profile of demanding people who work in Primary Care (AB), a space for the interaction of multiple knowledges, is fundamental for the planning and organization of public health policies. In this sense, the objective of the study is to evaluate the sociodemographic profile and characteristics of the professional trajectory of the managers, nurses and doctors participating in the Mais Médicos (PMM) Program in Paraíba (PB), taking into account the relationship between the PMM policy objectives and the responsibility of the agents responsible for its execution. It was sought, then, to carry out a cross-sectional, descriptive and qualitative study with managers, nurses and doctors through the application of a structured questionnaire to describe the sociodemographic profile, in addition to an interview through a script to assess a professional trajectory of participating physicians PMM, in the three health macro-regions of Paraíba. This information was tabulated and analyzed, as well as the qualitative data were, through a thematic content analysis. The results indicate that the PMM managed to attract mainly male doctors, coming from the interior with some degree of previous experience and identification by AB. As well as, managers and nurses in their entirety are female with a consonant profile with regard to the interests of AB. Furthermore, the study was able to envision a company of having workers with the AB profile and thus strengthening public policies for universal health, especially in the current political and economic context of numerous setbacks in health that has been happening. Thus, it is hoped that this research can contribute and promote future and articles that address this theme, especially in the context of the commercialization of public health and the dismantling of social right.