FAMILY VISIT: A MULTISYSTEM EVALUATION AS AN EXPERIENCE REPORT

Introduction: The family must be seen beyond blood ties, and it should be considered a social and communitarian network. Therefore, the health-disease process exceeds the clinical aspect and the family medicine has great value in this context. The present study aims, through acquired knowledge about the aspects of the target family, to develop intervention plans to enhance life quality of all members, reflecting thereby the social determinants of health shared with the Family Health Team. Methods: in May 2014, two visits to a family of users of the Family Health Unit were held in a community of Fortaleza-CE. The information was collected from non-structured and subjective interview and applied in a household member. It was also used familiar approach instruments such as GENOGRAM, PRACTICE, APGAR, FIRO and ECOMAP. Results: We identified difficulties in the target family, which do not affect gravely the health of members. The major concern was placed in the index patient in relation to their fears and anxieties as a triggering factor of morbidity. It was obtained note 5 in the APGAR (moderately functional group), the FIRO pointed a greater distance between the nuclear family. Conclusion: We understand the reality of the index patient as extremely important for interventions involving psychosocial aspect. We noticed that the approach of the family should be effectively performed, in order to reduce potential risks to their well-being, having Family Health Strategy as the greatest responsible in this process of improving the quality of life of human communities.