HOME VISIT. A FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY

Introduction: The Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security, IESS, since 2011, has more than 100 family physicians to work with the strengthening of Primary Health Care. These doctors are responsible for promotional activities and health prevention, which includes home visits. Objective: Spread the results obtained in Ambulatory Care Center of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute the Ecuador after four years of experience in home visits. Methods: It is a qualitative research of experiences both members of the health system that perform home visits as patients beneficiaries of this service. Were randomly interviewed 30 families who received the benefit of home visits, as well as members of the health team. Results and conclusions: By implementing home visits has been democratized the access and health care, and has reached beneficiaries who first time came to this health center. The introduction of this strategy has overcome the gap in the right of access to comprehensive health services to consolidate the articulation of Complementary Public Health Network, as well as strengthen the response capacity of all levels of care. This practice allows an individual care and the contextualisation of the familial health in economic and social terms. The home visit is the principal means for the health team to interact with family, and community environment.