Estado del arte sobre acciones de la actividad física en la Atención Primaria en Salud

Abstract

Primary Health Care (PHC) is a global strategy proposed by the World Health Organization, which seeks to reduce access barriers to the health system and improve the quality of life and health conditions of populations. In Colombia, the strategy is adopted in Law 1438 of 2011, which is the reform of Law 100 of 1993 (Law that regulates the Social Security System in Colombia), and states that the model of public service provision in health will be implemented through the Primary Health Care strategy to allow the coordinated action of the State, institutions and society. Among the actions of the strategy is physical activity, but in operational terms there is a lack of knowledge regarding the work in this area, as well as the actions that must be carried out specifically and the professionals in charge of them. This review seeks to recognize what is found at the international level and how the strategy is being deployed at this level, to have a reference and thus be able to have a starting point for the review at the national level. At the end of the search, it was found that there is no clear appropriation in the PHC strategy and that this is confused with the initial care, likewise it is found that the strategy is used both for health promotion, disease prevention and rehabilitation, and the articulation between the state-institutions providing health services-society is not clear.