Objective: to reflect on the challenges and power of the nursing care process in Primary Health Care in the face of the New Coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brazilian scenario.
Method: reflective study, based on the discursive formulation in the context of COVID-19 in Primary Health Care, based on theoretical foundations and practical effects of neoliberal policy, the care process, and Nursing.
Results: in Brazil, COVID-19, has caused the need for challenges for strengthening primary care in the face of neoliberal policy, but it presents the potential of dialogue with communities and the (re)creation of the nursing care process through solidary collaborative networks.
Rev Panam Salud Publica
August 2015
Objective: To design and semantically validate an instrument to evaluate the transfer of directly observed therapy (DOT) as a policy for tuberculosis control taking into consideration the experience of mid- and higher level health care workers.
Methods: This methodological investigation was developed in two stages: literature review to design the first draft of the instrument; and semantic validation of the first draft using questionnaires adapted from the DISABKIDS® project. The information obtained was analyzed using quantitative (descriptive statistics) or qualitative (content theme analysis) methods.
The aim of this study was to analyze the discourse of health managers on aspects related to delay in tuberculosis diagnosis. This was a qualitative research study, conducted with 16 Family Health Unit managers. The empirical data were obtained through semi-structured interviews.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExpansion of the Family Health Program in Brazil requires indicators to evaluate the consistency of the approach actually adopted and the program's underlying principles. Together with the family health chart, the family health history (medical genealogy) allows improved follow-up of the clientele's health and the quality of care provided. This study used the family health chart based on external evaluation (accreditation) of family health teams and managers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudy that focuses on the implementation process of Family Health Program (FHP) in a community of Santa Cruz, district of Rio de Janeiro city. This community is characterized by a high social and sanitary risk marked by violence. The objectives were: (1) to identify strategies used by local managers in the implantation of eight teams of FHP in this community; (2) to describe the mechanism of community participation in the implantation process and, (3) to analyse the nurse's insertion in as this process coordinator.
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