Family Health Support Center: health promotion, physical activity, and chronic diseases in Brazil - national PMAQ survey 2013.

Objective: to describe reported health promotion actions directed towards chronic non-communicable disease (CNCD) patients, the support of physical education professionals (PEP) and the implementation of actions to promote body practices and physical activity (BPPA) by the Family Health Support Center (FHSC) teams, according to Brazilian municipality context variables.

Methods: this was a cross-sectional study, forming part of the 2013/2014 National Primary Health Care Access and Quality Improvement Program (PMAQ), by means of interviews with FHSC professionals.

Results: the action most reported by the teams was evaluation and rehabilitation of psychosocial conditions (90.