Objective:

Characterize articles published in online health journals concerning application of the Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) in hospitals and in primary health care.

Material and methods:

An integrative review of the literature was conducted through a search of Capes, PubMed, Medline, Lilacs, BDENF, CidSaúde and IBECS. The following inclusion criteria were adopted: online articles available in full, published in Portuguese, English and Spanish from January 2008 to December 2013. The sample included of 25 works.

Results:

The largest output was in the years 2008, 2010 and 2013. Original articles predominated and 64.0% of the studies were carried out in the context of primary health care. As for authorship of the studies, the research showed that nurses participated in 88.0% of the publications.

Conclusions:

It was demonstrated that application of the CFAM, both in hospitals and in primary health care, allows for a more in-depth focus on the structure, development and functioning of the family, which is organized as a diagnosis of family identification.

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