Produção do cuidado na atenção básica em territórios urbanos superpopulosos: criatividade, flexibilidade e práticas emancipatórias

Abstract

Objective: to understand how the Family Health team works in the production of care in a scenario of overpopulation on the periphery of a large urban center. Method: qualitative research, type of case study with intervention. Data collected through semi-structured interviews with key actors and participant observation. Results: the improvement of care went through innovative, flexible practices and the involvement of subjects beyond the organization of the service, with the search for new references and creative intervention strategies. Conclusion: there was a flexible, creative and emancipatory way of teamwork in the act of producing health care in the context of the periphery of a large Brazilian city.