scholarly journals Conceptions held by health professionals on violence against children and adolescents within the family

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Brandt Nunes ◽  
Cynthia Andersen Sarti ◽  
Conceição Vieira da Silva Ohara
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Physical Punishment ◽  
Basic Unit ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
The Family

The present study sought to understand the conceptions held by health professionals with regards to violence within the family against children and adolescents. Qualitative case-study methodology and techniques of participant observation, interviewing, and search in documents were used. Participants were staffed in a government-run Family Health Basic Unit in Brazil. Health professionals were found to associate violence with the economic, social, and political juncture and with cultural aspects; for some, violent acts are part of the intergenerational cycle and family dynamics. Physical punishment, considered as violence by some, is advocated as an educational measure by others. Participants also base their definition of violence on an a priori construction of subjects as either victims or aggressors, thus missing the relational dimension of the phenomenon. Health professionals were found to have difficulty in understanding violence in the context that gives it a meaning and to recognize it as consequence of a complex relational dynamics.

scholarly journals Conceptions of the professionals about their attributions in the Expanded Nucleus of Family Health

Psico-USF ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 661-671
Author(s):  
Meyrielle Belotti ◽  
Alexandra Iglesias ◽  
Luziane Zacché Avellar
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
The Family ◽  
Specialized Care

Abstract The article aims to analyze the conceptions conferred by the health professionals that compose the Expanded Nuclei of Family Health (NASF) on their work assignments. This is a qualitative research, in which was used, for the data collection, eight focus groups, with a total of 43 participants. The data were submitted to content analysis. The results outlined the following categories: integrating NASF work with the Family Health Teams (ESF); developing specialized care; promoting intersectionality; contributing to the promotion of teamwork in Primary Care (AB) and strengthening AB. The study indicates the importance of a better understanding of the functions of the NASF, so that it does not restrict the opportunity to perform specialized care in AB. It is pointed out, the need for adjustments in the work processes of the ESF, in order to enable the shared work in the AB.

scholarly journals Socio-cultural aspects of type 1 diabetes in Egypt: Where are we and where do we need to be?

2013 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 063-065
Author(s):  
Hanan Aly
Keyword(s):  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Positive Communication ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
The Family ◽  
Diabetic Individual

AbstractSocio-cultural factors play a pivotal role in the control of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents, especially in developing countries like Egypt. The financial burden of this chronic illness, together with the modulations needed in lifestyle affect the family and school dynamics, adding further stress on the diabetic individual and his/her family. The key to improved outcome (not only in terms of glycemic control but also quality of life) has two arms. The first one is having a diabetes team with a psychologist skilled in this area for clear and positive communication with both the family and school from the time of diagnosis. The second one is the implementation of government laws to enforce the rights of diabetic children and adolescents.

scholarly journals The purpose of the communication process of group activities in the Family Health Strategy

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 396-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leticia Silveira Cardoso ◽  
Marta Regina Cezar-Vaz ◽  
Mara Regina Santos da Silva ◽  
Valdecir Zavarese da Costa
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Health Strategy

This study identified the purposes of the communication process in the group activities of the Family Health strategy from the perspective of nurses. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and recorded with 60 nurses and non-participant observation with 19 group activities, analyzed according to qualitative content analysis. Five categories emerged: Health education, Clinical follow-up, Co-responsibilization of patients, Team-Community Interaction, and Work Organization. These categories revealed that the establishment of reciprocal interactions among professionals, patients and families favor health promotion because it encourages the exchange of knowledge among the participants concerning their health experiences.

scholarly journals Attitudes towards interprofessional collaboration of Primary Care teams participating in the ‘More Doctors’ (Mais Médicos) program

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Rodrigues Freire Filho ◽  
Marcelo Viana da Costa ◽  
Carinne Magnago ◽  
Aldaísa Cassanho Forster
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Interprofessional Collaboration ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Professional Collaboration ◽  
Professional Category ◽  
Primary Care Teams ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Health Strategy ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT Objectives: to compare the attitudes regarding interprofessional collaboration of health professionals that make up the Family Health Strategy teams participating in the ‘More Doctors’ (Mais Médicos) program; and to identify factors associated with attitudes of interprofessional collaboration. Method: a descriptive, transversal and comparative study developed with 63 health professionals who responded to the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Collaboration. The data were statistically analyzed. Results: the sum of the scale items ranged from 88 to 139 points. The analysis of all the Family Health teams indicated statistically significant differences between the scores of the scale and the professional category and between the scores and the education level, suggesting that nurses and professionals with higher education are more inclined towards collaborative practice. The analysis according to the profile of the doctor - Brazilian, Cuban or foreign exchange doctor - found no statistical differences regarding the physicians’ scores, nor in the scores of the components of teams with different profiles. Conclusion: the profile did not suggest a statistically significant greater or lesser inclination of the doctors or teams toward interprofessional work. This study can support new studies which will contribute to the analysis of inter-professional collaboration and the impact of the Mais Médicos program.

scholarly journals Family knowledge about the legal rights of children and adolescents with cancer

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruna Domingos dos Santos ◽  
Amanda Rossi Marques-Camargo ◽  
Raquel Pan ◽  
Susana Maria Garcia dos Reis ◽  
Rosyan Carvalho Andrade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Intersectoral Action ◽  
The Family ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Search For Information ◽  
Analyze Data

ABSTRACT Objective: Identify the knowledge of family members of children and adolescents with cancer about their legal rights, difficulties, and concessions to ensure them. Method: Quantitative study, survey type, of intersectional design. A questionnaire drawn up by the researchers was applied in order to characterize the minor and their family and also to identify the family’s knowledge about legal rights. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data. Results: 61 family members who participated know some more rights to the detriment of others and are especially motivated to search for information when negative impacts on the financial life increase, with repercussions beyond family health. Conclusion: the studied population requires more information and demands knowledge about some rights guaranteed by law. Guidance on rights empowers the family and guarantees the necessary care, searching to have an intersectoral action qualify care and assist in restructuring family dynamics to deal with chronic conditions.

scholarly journals Methodological path to reach the degree of saturation in qualitative research: grounded theory

2022 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cleson Oliveira de Moura ◽  
Ítalo Rodolfo Silva ◽  
Thiago Privado da Silva ◽  
Karoliny Alves Santos ◽  
Maria da Conceição Albernaz Crespo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Degree Of Saturation ◽  
Substantive Theory ◽  
New Codes ◽  
Theoretical Saturation

ABSTRACT Objectives: to achieve the degree of saturation in study that applied the grounded theory. Methods: qualitative research, carried out in four Family Health Units, between June 2018 and May 2019. The data from the interviews with 30 health professionals and non-participant observation were coded in the stages: open, axial and integration. Results: the degree of saturation was achieved by two conceptual models - theoretical saturation and inductive thematic. Theoretical saturation was considered: the development of conceptual codes and observation, in the collection and analysis of data, when they generated new categories/subcategories or only indicated increasing instances. For thematic inductive saturation, the use of new codes based on each interview stood out. Final Considerations: the visual layout for the number of codes, the theoretical scope of the concepts and the delimitation of the sample groups guided the identification of the degree of saturation for the development of the conceptual body that supported the substantive theory.

scholarly journals Representations and uses of medicinal plants in elderly men

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 778-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Cristina da Silva Lima ◽  
Guilherme Oliveira de Arruda ◽  
Rogério Dias Renovato ◽  
Márcia Regina Martins Alvarenga
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Family Health ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Elderly Men ◽  
Health Team ◽  
The Family ◽  
Effective Use

The aim of this study was to know and understand the representations and use of medicinal plants by elderly men assisted in the Family Health Strategies of Dourados, MS. Participated in this study, 18 elderly men aged over 60 years, using four or more medications. The research was conducted with qualitative approach. The results showed that there is still the consumption of medicinal plants among the elderly, especially in the treatment of minor harm. The representations about the plants seem anchored in the concept of safety; they are natural and few side effects. Its use is made concurrently with the manufactured medicines without regard to risk of interactions. Older men use medicinal plants, without however reporting to health professionals. Therefore, it is necessary continuing education focused on phytotherapy health team and nursing, contributing to safe and effective use of medicinal plants.

scholarly journals The experience of the illness and of the treatment for the person with systemic arterial hypertension: an ethnographic study

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 1022-1029
Author(s):  
Silvana Maria Coelho Leite Fava ◽  
Marcia Maria Fontao Zago ◽  
Maria Suely Nogueira ◽  
Eliza Maria Rezende Dazio
Keyword(s):  
Arterial Hypertension ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Health Strategy ◽  
Points Of View

OBJECTIVE: to interpret the meanings of the experience of the condition and of the treatment among people with arterial hypertension. METHOD: the authors adopted the frames of reference of interpretive and medical anthropology and of the ethnographic method. 22 people with arterial hypertension, and 10 Family Health Strategy health workers, all from Minas Gerais, participated. The authors used interviews, participant observation, focus groups, field diaries and analysis of medical records. Ethical precepts were respected. RESULTS: two nuclei of meaning emerged: "The condition as an expression of way of living", and "The perspective of the cure of the condition". Nervous problems represent the nosological and symptomatic categories, caused by the urban way of living. The participants are supported by the belief of the curing of the problem. The family, spirituality and religion constitute social support networks. The therapeutic routes interpenetrate for the cure of the problem. The 'folk' health subsystem constitutes an important route because it provides better well-being and remission of the symptoms. CONCLUSION: the gaps evidenced between the points of view of the health professionals and the interviewees allow one to re-think the praxis so as to provide comprehensive, contextualized and humanized care, which encourages the people's potential for living, for empowerment, and for self-care.

scholarly journals Primary health care as assessed by health professionals: comparison of the traditional model versus the Family Health Strategy

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 714-726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Rabelo Flôr ◽  
Cláudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira ◽  
Clareci Silva Cardoso ◽  
Cleonice Ferreira Rabelo ◽  
Bernardo Luis Gontijo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Traditional Model ◽  
Care Model ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Health Strategy

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The Family Health Strategy (FHS) should be first-contact care in the Brazilian Health System. However, Primary Health Care (PHC) still encompasses two models: the FHS and the traditional health care facilities. The expansion of the FHS has been slow and heterogeneous in many cities, rendering a comparative evaluation of key quality-related elements of PHC models crucial. Objective: To compare the performance of PHC models as perceived by health professionals. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving managers and health professionals from PHC of a medium-size city in South-eastern Brazil. Data were collected by applying the Primary Care Assessment Tool. The performance was estimated through primary health care indexes (general and partial PHCI by attributes). Univariate polytomous logistic regression was performed to compare care model performances according to their attributes. Strength of association was estimated by odds ratio with 95% confidence interval. Results: Three managers and 81 health professionals participated in the study. The FHS had a better index rating than the traditional care model for general PHCI and for the attributes longitudinality, comprehensiveness, family focus and professional level. Conclusion: Although the FHS attained higher scores compared to the traditional model, it has not yet achieved the performance expected. This scenario points to the need for increased FHS cover and quality improvements at the existing units.

scholarly journals Training of Professionals from the Family Health Strategy for Psychosocial Care for the Elderly

10.3823/2277 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verônica Lourdes Lima Batista Maia ◽  
Eliana Campelo Lago ◽  
Carmen Viana Ramos ◽  
Márcia Astrês Fernandes ◽  
Eucário Leite Monteiro Alves
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Psychosocial Care ◽  
Family Health ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Basic Care ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Health Strategy

Background: Mental disorders of the elderly constitute a public health problem due to their high prevalence, shortage of specialized services offered in Brazil, difficulties of access by the population and deficiency in the training of professionals of the Family Health Strategy for the identification, receptiveness and psychosocial assistance to the elderly. Objectives: To analyze the training of professionals of the Family Health Strategy on psychosocial care for the elderly in the context of the Psychosocial Care Network – RAPS (Rede de Atenção Psicossocial), and to discuss how professional training influences the care provided to the elderly. Methodology: Descriptive, qualitative study carried out with 31 professionals, 13 physicians and 18 nurses, who work at the Family Health Strategy of the city of Picos, Piauí, Brazil. The data were collected in January 2016, through a semi-structured interview guide, processed by the IRAMUTEQ software and analyzed by means of the Descending Hierarchical Classification. Results: The results were presented in three segments, namely: 1. The practice of professionals from the Family Health Strategy in psychosocial care in the family context; 2. Training of specialized professionals, in the attention to the elderly, in the Family Health Strategy; 3. The Psychosocial Attention Network in the care of elderly users of alcohol and other drugs; Conclusion: Health professionals have difficulties in dealing with the elderly with mental disorders in basic care. In order to facilitate access to specialized health services and to develop actions for social reintegration, prevention and harm reduction, it is necessary to implement a policy of ongoing training and education for health professionals to improve care for the elderly. Keywords: Aging; Mental Health; Mental disorders; Family Health Strategy.

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