Evaluation of primary health care in the perspective of the family caregiver: integrative review

Materials and Methods: Integrative literature review aiming to review in the literature the evaluation of Primary Health Care attributes with the use of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCA Tool) child version. The terms used were "primary care assessment tool" and "PCA Tool". The search occurred in the Lilacs, Pubmed, Scopus and Web of Science databases. Results: The corpus of analysis consisted of 28 studies. It was observed that Brazil leads the evaluation research in APS using the PCA Tool child version. 89.28% (25) of the studies developed in Brazil are distributed in a higher concentration in the south-eastern regions, 52% (13), southern region, with 28% (7), and in the northeast region 16% (4). The attribute that presented the greatest extension was the longitudinality, and the attributes less present in the PHC services were the family and community orientation. It was observed that there is a difference in the supply of child care in PHC as a function of management models, and actions may be developed in disagreement with the users' needs. Final considerations: PCA Tool allows to capture the perception of users according to their experiences of care, the proposal of the ESF requires changes in the management and work processes. The dialogue between health professionals and users is fundamental to align actions with users' needs and so that they understand the logic of care.