Evaluation of the implementation of the Primary Care Professional Valorization Program in the state of Bahia

ABSTRACT The Primary Care Professional Valorization Program was created in Brazil, in 2011, to support the performance of health professionals, under supervision, in municipalities with a shortage of professionals. This study evaluated the degree of implementation of the program in the state of Bahia. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with members of the State Coordinating Committee of the program and documentary sources were used to produce the data. The critical elements of the implementation process were analyzed through the use of the governance triangle proposed by Matus. The program, in the state of Bahia, reached 84% of the degree of implementation according to the logical model elaborated from the federal regulations. The management group successfully implemented the program's activities, due to its governance capacity and the political and administrative support of the State Health Secretariat, although there has been no increase in financial resources to leverage the components of the program. It was evidenced the involvement of the actors of the coordination of medical supervision and supervision in an attempt to reorient medical training, betting on pedagogical devices and other educational resources.