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Table 4.

Main Categories of Theme 3 Identified in the Interviews.

Categories	Primary theme
Categories	Theme 3: Incorporating fields of possibilities
Professionals with potential to promote intersectoral collaboration	So, I invited four [nurses], from four FHS teams, the four nurses participated [in the Projeto Nascente], and from two teams the... the community health agents participated. The agents of the other two teams did not participate. But my goal is that... they will be future facilitators in order to really be able to... foster the implementation of the policy [to promote child development]. (HM2)
Formation of intersectoral committees	There is a low intersectoriality in the municipality, right? The sectors talk very little to each other. And so we need the committee. It will make it possible for everyone to know the progress of the actions, right, make the communication among the city's sectors easier. (SWM)
	The [intersectoral] collaboration, I believe that now, it will be better configured, with the intersectoral committee and with the matrix support that we did not have. So, I believe that is it, a cultural issue, of work format, you know. The public sectors are [not] used to and now, a new vision is coming. (HM1)
	There is a very vulnerable area. Really, very vulnerable, you know? So they [FHS team] wanted to work on a way that they could actually have this matrix support and have this intersectoral support for families, because it is imperative to do something there. One of the intervention projects [as result of Projeto Nascente] was the creation of an intersectoral committee. Then we already had a first meeting, it was on last Friday, to set up the committee, and to plan, you know, what will be the objectives of the committee, how are we going to work, what will be the role of the committee, right? And then, within this committee, we created a matrix support form. Vulnerability cases will be discussed at committee meetings, matrix support will be carried out. The next committee meeting is scheduled, and the remaining actions are already discussed, programmed and proposed within the matrix support. We are thinking it is going to be okay. (HM1)
Matrix support	We do the meeting, we delegate functions, you know, do the matrix support and each professional is in charge of... of developing some activities, trying to solve the problem that was discussed. (SWM)
Matrix support	They [FHS teams] pointed out the issue of... matrix support, right? We have been carrying out matrix support here in terms of health care, together with the FHS teams, NASF, mental health team, too. But this matrix support has to be broad, it has to involve the Department of Education, the school. It has to involve the... the Department of Social Work, CRAS [Centro de Referência de Assistência Social - Social Work Reference Center], CREAS [Centro de Referência Especializado de Assistência Social - Specialized Social Work Reference Center]. The Children Tutelary Council. And the proposal... made by this team, was the matrix support and the intersectoral work with these professionals. So... it's really important that we develop this work in a broad conversation, right, so the service becomes more effective, and we can give better answers to our users. (HM3)
Case managers	We do the entire meeting, and then we delegate it to the responsible person, to pass it on to other... competent services, right? (HM4)
Case managers	It is very easy to say that the problem is someone else's, right, and not take the problem for yourself. So, you know... when it becomes clear what is the problem, who is involved, what are the actions that will be done and who are responsible for the action, as is the proposal we made... with the committee, maybe this makes it easier, improve intersectoriality. (SWM)
University support	We have the rural internship from UFMG [Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais]. We have... absorbed many ideas from, from academics, because they have already worked, they have already done the internship in other cities as well, they managed to absorb a lot of experience there, so they bring us this information and we apply it here, in our daily routine. (HM3)
University support	They’ve widened the vision! So, training [Projeto Nascente] is something that should happen more, because from the training they [professionals] managed to broaden their vision and understand that the work carried out previously was multisectoral and not intersectoral and to engage for the creation of this committee. So, I believe that the engagement of professionals, through training, is a factor that has made it much easier for us. (HM4)