THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AGENT IN MATRIX SUPPORT SALUD

Abstract

This study aims to understand the experiences of Community Health Agents with Mental Health and Matrix Support in Primary Health Care, and through this to explore the interfaces between community health agents and matrix support. The procedure of choice for these understandings was the qualitative investigation through an integrative review in which national scientific productions participated in the review. By analyzing the collected content, the essential dimensions of mental health care and the equipment and methods that are linked to the community health agent as a tool for articulating the network were understood. Thus, matrix support in primary care showed great capacity to qualify and support professionals, further conditioning the co-responsibility between teams, and the participation of community health agents in the structuring of integrated and quality care to the population in the environment of the Basic Unit of health.