01923nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260003300042653004100075653003400116100001700150700001700167700001600184700001700200245013800217856008200355300001600437490000600453520124400459022001401703       2022                            d  bSouth Florida Publishing LLC10aGeneral Earth and Planetary Sciences10aGeneral Environmental Science1 ada Silva JAM1 aMedeiros ADR1 aDa Silva BM1 aMendonça EF00aDescription of strategy used to redirect practices in primary care, integrating Leprosy and Tuberculosis actions - Pernambuco, Brazil  uhttps://www.brazilianjournals.com/ojs/index.php/BJHR/article/view/51309/38502  a14531-145470 v53 a<p>Objective: To describe and analyze a strategy carried out in Pernambuco, which has as its theoretical axis the integrality between surveillance and assistance for the control of leprosy and tuberculosis.</p>

<p>Methods: Quantitative, descriptive-exploratory longitudinal study, in the periods: 2012-2014 and 2015-2018, in priority municipalities for tuberculosis and leprosy. The periods were compared considering the methods, results and operational indicators in each phase of the strategy.</p>

<p>Results: In 2012-2014, there was a positive increase in the indicators of the components: Assistance, Surveillance and Management. In 2015-2018, an improvement was observed in the indicators of the components: Management and Primary Care. There was no improvement in operational indicators (Cure, Abandonment, examined contacts and Mortality) for both diseases.</p>

<p>Conclusion: The strategy was important in supporting decisions for disease control. Not only on an evaluative side, but also on the educational (training) aspect which allowed what was encouraged by the programs. In addition to strengthening the state technical team, the experiment also enabled&nbsp; the evaluation of the municipal management sphere.</p>
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