Breast Cancer Care Network coordination: analysis in the light of the lean methodology for early diagnosis.

This study aimed to analyze the application of the lean philosophy in the Health Care Network (RAS) for the early diagnosis of breast cancer. This case study was produced with data from interviews, document analysis, and observation and was conducted from June to July 2019. The setting was the seat of the municipality of the North Metropolitan Region, Ceará State, Brazil, involving three points of the RAS (Primary Care Unit, Medical Specialties Center, and Polyclinic).

Street market saleswomen: strategies for the recognition of health needs.

Objectives: to describe the strategies used by street market saleswomen to recognize their health needs.

Methods: qualitative research, based on the Human Needs Theory. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews, with the participation of 15 street market saleswomen.

Family burden among caregivers of people with mental disorders: an analysis of health services.

The objective of this study was to analyze the objective and subjective levels of burden felt by family caregivers of patients who were treated at three institutions: a General Psychosocial Care Center (known as 'CAPS Geral'), a CAPS center for Alcohol and Drugs ('CAPS AD') and the Psychiatric Admissions Unit of a General Hospital ('UIPHG') in the municipality of Sobral, Ceara State, Brazil. The study included 385 caregivers, 216 of whom were in the CAPS Geral, 86 in the CAPS AD and 83 in the UPHG, and applied the Family Burden Interview Scale (FBIS-BR). Excel and SPSS were used to organize and analyze the data, and a 5% significance level was applied.

Health needs of street market saleswomen: access, connection and welcoming as integral practices.

Objective: To analyze the health needs of street market saleswomen of the Mercado Público (Public Market) of a municipality in Northeastern Brazil.

Method: Qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study, with fifteen saleswomen in a public market. Data production means included semi-structured interviews, April-May 2016.

[Intersectoriality and the Family Health Strategy: highly relevant or almost irrelevant?].

In this study, the understanding of intersectoriality together with the Family Health Strategy (FHS) was analyzed from the perceptions of individuals involved with the social context of primary care in the city of Sobral in the state of Ceará. An analytical study of a qualitative nature was conducted in May 2014. The focal group was the data collection technique with 11 participants chosen for the key functions they perform in their direct interface with the FHS.