Analysis of scientific production on evaluation, in the context of family health, in Brazilian journals

This study aims to analyze the bibliography related to the assessment in the context of the Family Health Strategy, in Brazil, in Collective Health journals, from 2003 to 2012. The analysis has concentrated on the identification of authors, 'year of publication', 'institution of the first author', 'place', 'used method', 'conceptual landmark' and 'group of studies'. The documentary Corpus counted on 20 complete articles that have demonstrated intensification in the production of studies in the evaluation area. In the methodological approaches quantitative studies had prevailed, with diversity of conceptual landmarks. Therefore, measurements about the impact of the ESF actions are essential in the improvement of the quality of evaluation and the ESF itself, in the collective health context.