[The meaning of the performance of the Family Health Strategy team in a socially vulnerable community].

This study sought to understand the meaning of the performance of a Family Health Strategy team in a socially vulnerable community. Grounded Data Theory was used as a methodological benchmark and the data collection technique consisted of interviews with twenty-five Family Health Strategy professionals between July and December of 2009. Data analysis revealed that the Family Health Strategy can be seen as a facilitator and stimulator of the process of expansion and consolidation of healthcare networks.

[Ecological care as a broad and complex phenomenon].

This study aimed to comprehending the meaning of ecological care from the point of view of students and teachers of the health area of a Public Institution of Higher Education. It was an exploratory qualitative research conducted by the method of the Theory Based on the Data, for which ten in depth interviews were carried out between September/2008 and April/2009, distributed in two sample groups. The process of data collection and analysis culminated with the formulation of the theory "Viewing ecological care as a broad and complex phenomenon", which was discussed through the view of complexity.

[From anthropocentrism to ecocentrism: educating for ecological care in health].

The focus of the paper is the meaning of ecological care as understood by students and educators and how this issue is addressed in programs in the fields of health sciences and health care in a federal public institution in southern Brazil. Our goal is to discuss the central category. The methodology adopted was Grounded Theory.

[Defense pact on health: disclosing the users' rights through action research].

We objective to discuss the Users' Rights Booklet of the Health Unified System with patients and family members who had looked for attendance in public hospital service. One has chosen the action research, a qualitative and constructive method, which takes into account collective participation and planned action for changes of situations. The data were collected along with the research participants' discussions by means of weekly meetings throughout 2007.

[What do the users think and say about the Brazilian Health System (SUS)? An analysis of meanings based on the users' rights booklet].

This study is the result of an expanded research-action project aimed at presenting and discussing the main thematic units that emerged from discussions conducted with a group of users about booklet regarding users' rights from the SUS (Brazilian Health System). Between May and July 2007, weekly meetings were held, recorded and followed by qualitative research data analysis until reaching the thematic units. The results show that granting access to the public health system is not enough.

Nursing care systematization as a multidimensional and interactive phenomenon.

This study aimed to understand the meaning of Nursing Care Systematization (NCS) for multiprofessional health team professionals based on the relationships, interactions and associations of Complex thought. This qualitative study uses Grounded Theory as a methodological reference framework. Data were obtained through interviews with three sample groups, totaling 15 professionals from different institutions.

[Systematization of nursing care: viewing care as interactive, complementary and multi-professional].

This study is the result of an extended project, named: The systematization of nursing care in the perspective of complex thinking. The objective of this qualitative study is to better comprehend the meaning of the systematization of nursing care among healthcare professionals. The Data-Based Theory was used as a methodological reference.

Humanizing care through the valuation of the human being: resignification of values and principles by health professionals.

This qualitative study aimed to find the values and principles steering health professionals' practice, in order to reach the values guiding humanization. The study took place between October and November 2005, when 17 professionals from a multiprofessional team at a hospital in the South of Brazil were interviewed in three different samples. The methodology used for comparative data analysis and interpretation was based on Grounded Theory, resulting in the creation of a theoretical model, guided by "humanizing care through the valuation of the human being".

[Permanent education in the context of nursing and health].

In this essay authors discuss the current proposal of permanent education by the Health Ministry, which is focused on the formation of human resources for the Public Health System. It covers education as a whole and specifically adult education, an issue that directly affects nursing, as nursing contributes with the largest number of healthcare workers, constituting the central focus of public policies. In this way authors present the main controversies and suggest adherence to the government program, understanding that for the first time there is a comprehensive project in this area that is intended to be permanent.