[Health promotion and primary care for people with chronic non-transmissible diseases].

Objective: Understand the health promotion practices developed by primary health care nurses in a southern county of Brazil, in the care of people with chronic non-communicable diseases.

Method: Qualitactive research, developed by multiple speeches, in twenty three health centers of a southern county of Brazil.

Results: According to speeches, the health promotion practices developed by nurses refer to two main fields, of the five action fields proposed by the Ottawa Letter: reorientation of the health system and developing personal abilities.

Nursing care practices for people with Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases.

Objective: To understand care practices for people with Chronic Noncommunicable Disease, developed by Primary Health Care nurses in a municipality in southern Brazil.

Method: Qualitative study, developed through the Discourse of the Collective Subject. Twenty-three nurses from the Family Health Strategy participated.