Introduction

The Stork Network (RC) aims to articulate maternal and child actions, seeking a humanized and comprehensive care. However, there are challenges to be understood in the process of implementing this public policy in Brazil.

Objective

To analyze the perception of Primary Health Care professionals about the challenges and their overcoming strategies in the implementation of care in the Health Care Network (RAS) and in the Stork Network.

Methods

Focus groups were performed with two Family Health Teams (FHTs) and two Basic Health Units (BHUs) that follow pregnant women, totaling 35 participants. The content analysis of the collected data was performed, using the thematic modality.

Results

It was observed that networking has not shown a good performance in the municipality, showing a deficiency in relation to the establishment of flows, with little capacity to resolve situations in the face of formal communication processes. The proposals for overcoming the challenges go through the reconstruction of flows, protocols and communication between services, but also include a co-management movement.

Conclusion

Further studies are necessary considering the new public policies implemented in Brazil, which creates challenges in the face of the proposed integrality in health care.

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