Meaning of leprosy for people who have experienced treatment during the sulfonic and multidrug therapy periods.

Objective: to analyze the meanings of leprosy for people treated during the sulfonic and multidrug therapy periods.

Method: qualitative nature study based on the Vigotski's historical-cultural approach, which guided the production and analysis of data. It included eight respondents who have had leprosy and were submitted to sulfonic and multidrug therapy treatments.

[Supervision of Community Health Agents in the Family Health Strategy: the perspective of nurses].

Objective: Analyzing the conceptions of supervision of nurses in the Family Health Strategy (ESF - Estratégia Saúde da Família) in relation to community health workers (ACS - Agente Comunitário de Saúde), taking for reference the work process and the power relations.

Method: A qualitative study, in which 18 interviews were carried out with nurses from the ESF in the countryside of the state of Goiás. Following transcription, the data were subjected to thematic content analysis and the following categories were identified: Supervision with that sees it all and Supervision is participating and working together.