[Lack of access and the trajectory of healthcare use by elderly Brazilians].

Populational ageing is a current phenomenon and calls for the reconfiguration of health services and expansion of access for the elderly. This is a cross-sectional study with 6,624 elderly Brazilians over 60 that set out to evaluate access to healthcare by measuring lack of access and by describing the trajectory until recourse to hospitalization, emergency care and medical visits. The variables were analyzed according to the nature of funding to access the service (SUS, private insurance and cash-payment).

Quality of cervical cancer screening in Brazil: external assessment of the PMAQ.

Objective: To examine whether demographic and socioeconomic variables and the variables of the organization of services are associated with the quality of cervical cancer screening.

Methods: This is a survey carried out in the health services of the five Brazilian regions in 2012. The sample consisted of users of basic health units participating in the Program for Improving Access and Quality of the Primary Care.

[Prevalence of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and associated factors in community health workers in Brazil based on the tuberculin skin test].

This article aimed to determine the prevalence of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and associated factors in community health workers (CHW) in Brazil, using two cutoff points for the tuberculin skin test (5mm and 10mm). This was a cross-sectional study with data on gender, age, BCG scar, working in a primary care unit (PCU), having a household contact with tuberculosis (TB), alcohol consumption, previous tuberculin skin test (TST), smoking, time on the job as CHW, and comorbidities. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and to control for confounding.

An assessment of primary care attributes from the perspective of female healthcare users.

Objective: this study sought to assess the quality of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) and investigated the association between primary care attributes (PCAs) and the sociodemographic characteristics of users.

Method: a total of 215 female FHS users were interviewed for this descriptive and cross-sectional study. The Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCATool), Adult Edition was used, and the results were analyzed using Fisher's exact tests, Pearson's chi-square tests and logistic regressions.

[Developing of general competencies during supervised clinical practice].

This article describes the general competence of health care professionals and points possible articulations with the practicum. The goal is to draw the attention of nurses and future professionals, about the importance of experiencing the practicum, during training for the acquisition and improvement of general competence of health care professionals, in addition to the specific skills and competencies of nursing. In the health services, both in public and in private, there is the need to count on a competent nurse professional in your professional practice.

[Disclosing the work processes of the community health agents on the Family Health Strategy in Vitória (ES, Brazil)].

The community health agent (CHA) has a singular role as a "link" between the community and the health service. The main purpose of this descriptive/qualitative study is to evaluate the production of the CHA work processes in the Family Health Strategy in the county of Vitória (ES, Brazil). The research was developed in the health region of Maruípe, a district in the county of Vitória.

[Applicability of the risk scale to the organization of the work process with families in a health care unit in the city of Vitória, Espírito Santo State].

The objective of this study was to evaluate the applicability of Coelho's scale (CS) and to determine its adaptation to the reality observed in the families accompanied in the Maria Rangel Passos health care unit (USFMRP) in the city of Vitória, Espírito Santo State. This is a cross-sectional exploratory, descriptive study developed in the area of health of Greater Maruípe. First, it was made the classification of the families according to CS and the results were presented for a discussion group that proposed changes and possible alterations in CS, being the new tool denominated as "UFES criterium".

[Family Health Strategy: evaluating the access to SUS from the perception of the users of the health unit Resistência, in the region of São Pedro, Vitória, Espírito Santo State].

Family Health is a re-orientation strategy of the assistance model. One of its guiding principles is the establishment of a link between the health teams and the SUS users. The purpose of this research is to evaluate user access to the Family Health Unit (FHU) and the local problems faced.

[Evaluation of egressing students of the specialization course on Family Care Health in Espírito Santo State, Brazil].

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the contribution of the specialization course on Family Health Care (PG-PSF), in Espírito Santo State, for the reorientation of the practices in health. It is a cross-sectional study with a population of 47 egressing students of the PG-PSF course in 2007. It was used a semi-structured questionnaire for data collection data.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among community health workers involved in TB control.

Objective: To evaluate the incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, using tuberculin skin test, among community health agents (CHAs) monitoring TB patients in the city of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Brazil.

Methods: We included 30 CHAs acting in the Family Health Program and 30 of their family members residing in the same household. The tuberculin skin test results of each CHA were compared with those of the corresponding family member.

Epidemiological profile of tuberculosis cases reported among health care workers at the University Hospital in Vitoria, Brazil.

Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile of tuberculosis cases reported among health care workers in the Tuberculosis Control Program of the Cassiano Antonio of Moraes University Hospital in Vitoria, Brazil.

Methods: A retrospective descriptive study of secondary data was conducted between 2002 and 2006.

Results: Twenty-five cases of health care workers with tuberculosis were reported: 8 in nursing technicians (32%); 4 in doctors (16%); 3 in nurses (12%); 2 in radiology technicians (8%) and 8 in professionals from other categories (32%).