Determining family physicians’ educational needs in Brazil
In 2002, the Municipality of Belo Horizonte implemented a Family Health Team program consisting of several innovations designed to increase the quality, range, and accessibility of primary care health services. CEP was engaged to conduct a needs assessment and environmental scan in one of the country's largest cities, Belo Horizonte, as well as the neighbouring district of Contagem, to ensure that future educational strategies such as mentoring and academic detailing were designed to address identified gaps and needs.
Partners
| • | Harvard University / Division of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital drugepi.org |
| • | Drug and Therapeutics Information Service (Australia) |
| • | Ministry of Health, Federal Government of Brazil |
| • | Municipal Department of Health (SMSA-BH), City of Belo Horizonte |
| • | Municipality of Contagem |
Client/Funder
| • | Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization www.paho.org |
| • | Health Canada www.hc-sc.gc.ca |
Description
CEP developed and conducted a thorough needs assessment to gain an understanding of current practice, as well gaps and barriers to best practice faced by Family Health Teams in Belo Horizonte and Contagem. The needs assessment made use of literature reviews as well as qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis, including:
- Semi-structured in depth interviews with local health officials
- Focus group sessions with Family Health Team members
- Surveys/questionnaires sent to Family Health Team members
- Stakeholder analysis
- On-site observations
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Download Report: The Development of a Needs Assessment to Validate the Practice Support Service for Belo Horizonte, Brazil
