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O presente artigo analisa o processo de construção de identidade dos agentes comunitários de saúde (ACS) a partir de sua inserção na equipe do Programa de Saúde da Família e da interação com os moradores dos bairros onde atuam. Destacaremos dessa análise especialmente os aspectos que dizem respeito aos conflitos de interpretações, as relações de poder que se estabelecem entre os usuários do programa na construção identitária do ACS a partir de três perspectivas: aquela que vem inscrita na formação oficial desses agentes, aquela produzida pelo próprio agente acerca de si mesmo e da sua prática e aquela veiculada pela comunidade. Pode-se dizer que o fato de ser o ACS uma pessoa que convive com a realidade e as práticas de saúde do bairro onde mora e trabalha, e ser formado a partir de referenciais biomédicos, faz deste um ator que veicula as contradições e, ao mesmo tempo, a possibilidade de um diálogo profundo entre esses dois saberes e práticas.This article analyzes the identity-building process for community-based health workers in the context of their role in the Health Family Program team and their interaction with the residents of communities where they work. Based on this analysis we specifically emphasize conflicts of interpretation, power relationships between both sides of identity-building for community-based health workers from three perspectives: that included in the official training of these workers, that produced by workers concerning themselves, and that transmitted by the community. The fact that community-based health workers live the reality of health practices in the neighborhoods where they live and work and are trained with biomedical references makes them actors that convey both the contradictions and the possibility for a deep dialogue between these two forms of knowledge and practice.

This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the profile of morbidity and use of health services by the elderly in the Family Health Program Antonio Estevão de Carvalho, from São Paulo, Brazil. The information of 92 seniors from the database of the project "Family Health - assessment of the new assistance strategy in the setting of public policies" were used. A descriptive data analysis showed the elderly with an average age of 70.6 years old; 64.1%, females: 93.5% reported any kind of health problems, especially hypertension (67.4%) and diabetes mellitus (19.6%), 77.3% looked for health care; public hospitals (42.4%) were the most sought after services. The reasons for the choice of services were ease of access (18.5%) and need of care (7.6%). The main reason of satisfaction was the interpersonal care and of dissatisfaction the lack of medicines and the long wait to set appointments.

Qualitative study that analyzed conceptions and experiences of nurses about the pediatric nursing consultation and its systematization in the Family Health Strategy. Semi-structured interviews were recorded with ten nurses from four cities of the countryside of São Paulo, in 2011. The interviews were analyzed according to the method of Thematic Content Analysis, based on current assumptions of the systematization of nursing care and the comprehensive child health care. Generally, nursing consultations, and specifically, pediatric ones were defined as the nurses’ activity that allows them to know the life/health story, current needs and prevent future problems, having recognized the importance of its implementation and systematization. The experiences reported the paucity and lack of systematization in the pediatric nursing consultation in the context studied. Processes of ongoing health education are necessary to ensure quality and completeness to children's health.

De sua concepção até o momento atual, são muitas as análises a respeito do Programa Saúde da Família (PSF) no Brasil. Embora ainda em número reduzido, integrantes das unidades de saúde da família, secretários municipais de saúde, prefeitos, elementos do Ministério da Saúde, bem como docentes de universidades e pesquisadores renomados da saúde pública e outras áreas afins, têm se disposto a discutir e a refletir sobre tal estratégia. Dessa forma, tornou-se pertinente fazer uma revisão da literatura sobre o PSF, a qual foi abordada em temas: retrospectiva histórica do período que antecedeu o PSF; seus pressupostos básicos; estratégias de operacionalização: a família como foco de assistência, o princípio da vigilância à saúde, a atuação da equipe multidisciplinar; os diferentes modelos de implantação no Brasil; aspectos facilitadores ou não dessa implantação, bem como as vantagens e desvantagens do PSF no sistema de saúde brasileiro.Since its conception up to the moment, many have been the analysis concerning the Family Health Program in Brazil (FHP). Although still in a small number, members of the Family Health Units, Health Municipal Secretaries, Mayors, members of health Ministry, as well as Universities teaching staff and renowned researchers of public health and other similar branches, they have disposed themselves towards discussing and considering such strategy. Thus, it became appropriate to carry out a review on the literature about The FHP, which was approached in topics: historic retrospective of the period that preceded The FHP; its basic assumptions; performance strategies; the family as the center of assistance, the principle of health vigilance, the performance of the multidisciplinarian staff, the different patterns of implantation in Brazil, the facilitating aspects or not of this launching in Brazil, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of The FHP in Brazilian Health System.

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Based on the ethnography of daily life of health professionals who work in the "Family Health Program" (public system of basic health care) in the city of Itaparica, this article addresses therapeutic approaches to diversity departing from dualistic assumptions as traditional / modern or official / alternative. In this attempt, some of the daily dilemmas in the practice of health professionals are examined, taking into account the therapeutic diversity that they have to deal with. It is suggested that the conflicts that mediate the asymmetry in the coexistence of different therapeutic practices in this system are indicative of broader disagreements, which may be identified on the "civilizing" intentions of transformation of the lifeways of the populations assisted by public health care programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To analyze the perception of primary care physicians and nurses about access to services and routine health care provided to sickle cell disease patients. Methods: This descriptive exploratory study took a qualitative approach by surveying thirteen primary care health professionals who participated in a focus group to discuss access to services and assistance provided to sickle cell disease patients. The data were submitted to thematic content analysis. Results: Access to primary care services and routine care for sickle cell disease patients were the categories that emerged from the analysis. Interaction between people with sickle cell disease and primary care health clinics was found to be minimal and limited mainly to scheduling appointments. Patients sought care from the primary care health clinics only in some situations, such as for pain episodes and vaccinations. The professionals noted that patients do not recognize primary care as the gateway to the system, and reported that they feel unprepared to assist sickle cell disease patients. Conclusion: In the perception of these professionals, there are restrictions to accessing primary care health clinics and the primary care assistance for sickle cell disease patients is affected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To describe the implications of the management of care work in Primary Health Care Methods: Qualitative research, a case study. The unit of analysis was one of the Family Health Unit of a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Observations, interviews with workers and users and research documents and records were made. The data collection period was from February to July 2012 and as directed analysis of a case study Results: Unit management was characterized by lack of listening and uniqueness with the staff and authoritarianism, the team feels abandoned by management and the Community Health Agents by nurses. There is discontinuity in care Discussion: Managing health needs guided the theme of autonomy and responsibility of the employee. The accountability is not an effect of postmodernity. The management of labor is related to continuity of care Conclusions: The concepts of human plurality and potential power can assist in building a more humane work environment. It looks to the integration with the community as a way to transform reality. The search for the theme should be responsible for the production of health and the other, individually or collectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Purpose: to investigate the information retention provided to Community Health Workers on infant hearing health training. Methods: the sample was composed of 24 Community Health Workers prior trained through a cybertutor, a based web education system. The content was ranging from prevention to rehabilitation of hearing impairment. Immediately after training, the Community Health Workers answered a multiple choice questionnaire with 20 questions, divided into domains (1: general concepts; 2: type, prevention and causes of hearing impairment; 3: Techniques of identification and diagnosis of the hearing impairment; 4: general aspects of hearing impairment). The same questionnaire was applied one more time after 15 months. The information retention level was analyzed comparing performance in the evaluations by the Wilcoxon test and the significance level adopted was 5%. Results: it was verified a significant decrease (p = 0.03) in percentage, of the Community Health Workers general knowledge on infant hearing health (73,5±8,4/66,7±12,5). In the analysis by domains it was possible to see a worsening in 1(76,4±14,7/58,3±22,5), 2 (72,9±30,3/64,6±19,4) and 3 (69,4±14,5/68,8±17,2) domains, it was significant in 1 domain (p = 0.012). Regarding to 4 domain, there was a slight improvement (76,0±11,6/78,1±11,2). Conclusion: it was observed significant decrease of the Community Health Workers knowledge on infant hearing health, which demonstrates that the community health workers training should occur continuously. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To assess the knowledge of pregnant women on the oral health of the baby. Material and Methods: The study sample consisted of pregnant women who took prenatal exams in the period of data collection (n=125), randomly selected while using the service at the health unit. Data were collected using a form with open- and closedended question about pregnant women's identification, socioeconomic characteristics and knowledge of oral health of the baby. All information collected was processed in Epi-Info version 3.5.1 TM, for Windows, and were presented with absolute and relative frequency. Results: Data analyses showed that the surveyed women were aware of the importance of breastfeeding and the need for early implementation of hygienic measures. However, they were unaware of some fundamental concepts for effective promotion of oral health of the baby, such as caries transmissibility, the optimal timing for the first dental visit, use of bottle and etiological factors of dental caries. Furthermore, 81.6% of the women were not instructed on oral health during prenatal care. Conclusion: It is necessary to implement a strategy focused on oral health care for pregnant women, because during pregnancy the woman is more receptive to new information and changes habits that, in turn, will reflect in the promotion of their children's oral health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The purpose of this work is to facilitate a look into the professional role of nurses working with and through Brazil's Unified Health Care System, and to understand the significance of their social practice in this field of theoretical-practical discussions and meanings. The grounded theory was used as a methodological framework, and interviews were conducted to collect the data. A total of 35 health care professionals were interviewed between May and December 2007. The analysis of the data showed the Unified Health Care System can be considered a facilitating and stimulating strategy in the process to expand and consolidate nursing care as a social practice, inasmuch as it signals a new approach to social intervention based on valuing the person as a unique and multidimensional being immersed in a real and specific context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

O objetivo do estudo foi divulgar e disponibilizar um questionário utilizado como instrumento de avaliação dos elementos organizacionais e de desempenho dos serviços de atenção básica no controle da TB no Brasil, comparando as dimensões organizacionais selecionadas por unidade de saúde, por município e pelos diferentes atores (doentes, profissionais de saúde e gestores). Os resultados mostraram que os municípios com maior cobertura de tratamento supervisionado apresentaram indicadores mais favoráveis para o acesso ao tratamento da TB. A forma de organização da atenção a TB-programas de saúde da família ou unidades de referência com programas de controle da TB (PCT)-não foi um fator que ampliou o acesso ao diagnóstico. Os PCT que atendiam um menor número de doentes apresentaram desempenho mais favorável no que se refere ao vínculo entre o doente e o profissional de saúde. A maioria dos doentes enfrentava dificuldades de ordem econômica e social, e grande parte dos gerentes desconheciam os recursos aplicados nas ações de TB. O instrumento apresentou viabilidade de aplicação e potencial de avaliação dos serviços de saúde nos centros urbanos do estudo.The objective of this study was to provide access to and disseminate a questionnaire used as an instrument to assess the organizational elements and the performance of primary health care clinics regarding TB control in Brazil, comparing selected organizational dimensions by health care clinic, by municipality and by actor (patients, health care workers and managers). The results show that municipalities where the coverage of supervised treatment was more extensive presented more favorable indicators regarding access to TB treatment. The organizational format of the health care clinics involved in TB treatment-family health programs and referral centers with specialized teams in TB Control Programs (TCPs)-was not a factor that expanded access to diagnosis. The TCPs involving a smaller number of patients presented better performance regarding health care professional-patient relationship. The majority of the patients faced economic and social difficulties, and most managers were unaware of the amount of resources allocated to TB control activities. The instrument proved to be viable and to have the potential to adequately assess the performance of health care clinics in the urban areas studied.

This study aimed to report an educative action experience on sexuality/STI/Aids in an adolescent group living in a poor context. The study site was a Family Health Unit located in a city in the interior of São Paulo, Brazil. Six female adolescents participated in the educative actions, and each of the five meetings took 70 minutes on the average. The educative action allowed for knowledge/action based on a network of interlaced gestures, words and affections, permeating new constructions. Thus, new meanings emerged, not only for the adolescents, who discovered the power of being in the group, but also for the researchers, who managed to visualize other horizons for the work with highly vulnerable groups in society.La finalidad de este estudio fue relatar la experiencia de una acción educativa sobre sexualidad/IST/Sida en un grupo de adolescentes en contexto de pobreza. El sitio del estudio fue una Unidad de Salud de la Familia ubicada en un municipio del interior del estado de São Paulo, Brasil. La acción educativa les involucró a seis adolescentes del sexo femenino, y cada uno de los cinco encuentros tuvo duración promedia de 70 minutos. La acción educativa posibilitó un saber/hacer a partir de una red de gestos, palabras y afectos que se entrelazaron, permeando nuevas construcciones. Así, nacieron nuevos sentidos, no sólo para las adolescentes, que descubrieron la fuerza de ser/estar en el grupo, pero también para los investigadores que lograron visualizar otros horizontes para el trabajo en comunidades de alta vulnerabilidad social.O presente estudo objetivou relatar a experiência de uma ação educativa sobre sexualidade/IST/Aids junto a um grupo de adolescentes em contexto de pobreza. O local do estudo foi uma Unidade de Saúde da Família localizada em um município do interior paulista. A ação educativa contou com a participação de seis adolescentes do sexo feminino, e cada um dos cinco encontros teve duração média de 70 minutos. A ação educativa possibilitou um saber/fazer a partir de uma rede de gestos, palavras e afetos que se entrelaçaram, permeando novas construções. Assim, nasceram novos sentidos, não apenas para as adolescentes, que descobriram a força de ser/estar no grupo, mas também para os pesquisadores que conseguiram visualizar horizontes outros para o trabalho em comunidades de alta vulnerabilidade social.

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This study aimed to investigate the evaluation made by users regarding mental health care delivered at two public health services from the primary health care network, namely a Family Health Unit and a Basic Health Care Unit. The sample comprised 13 users from both services who were identified by the teams as being mentally ill. Data were collected using the focus group technique, with one group being performed in each service. The material collected was then submitted to analysis following the qualitative approach and using the thematic content analysis. Users point to the need for qualified listening, so as to promote embracement and bonding, as well as humanized, longitudinal and comprehensive care. In conclusion, a gap is observed between the actions in mental health care and in primary health care, and the evaluation made by the users constitutes a fundamental tool for filling this gap, since users provide essential information for the consolidation of new ways of acting in health care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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