[Barriers For The Quality of Information in Health Facilities of Amazon Region].

OBJECTIVES

. To identify the barriers to the quality of information in health facilities in the Amazon region, exploring the case of three health information systems: the epidemiological vigilance, the daily recording of service, and the registry of deaths linked to HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, and congenital syphilis.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

. A quali-quantitative methodology was applied. On the one hand, 57 semi-structured interviews were conducted with administrative and assistance staff at health facilities; on the other hand, a survey was apyplied. One hundred and twenty health facilities in the regions of Amazonas, Huánuco, Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín, and Ucayali.

RESULTS

. Eight barriers were identified, which were linked mainly to the human resource, to sociocultural aspects, and weaknesses of the health system.

CONCLUSIONS

. The barriers identified for the quality of the information in the selected information systems in health facilities in the Amazon region reflect a multidimensional problem, so strategies for improvement in the subject should be considered.