[Prevention of HIV vertical transmission: obstetricians' attitude in Salvador, Brazil].

Purpose: to evaluate the attitudes and knowledge of obstetricians from public maternities in Salvador city (PMS) about the recommendations from the Health Ministry (HM) for the prophylaxis of vertical transmission of HIV (VTH) and antiretroviral therapy in pregnant women. The influence of working conditions, availability for quick testing and antiretroviral therapy has also been evaluated concerning the application of these recommendations.

Methodology: a transversal study from August to November 2005, involving 129/152 (85%) of the obstetricians from all the PMS.

[The physician-patient relationship under the Family Health Program in three municipalities in Bahia State, Brazil].

This study discusses the physician-patient relationship under the Family Health Program (FHP) in Bahia State, Brazil. Assuming that the physician-patient relationship is influenced by macro and micro-contextual factors, we linked health surveillance and the ecological model of human development, both influenced by contextualism. The methodological strategies included: a census of FHP physicians in Bahia and direct observation of consultations by 20 physicians in three municipalities (counties).