Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Family health team knowledge concerning the health needs of people with tuberculosis
2012; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 20; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/s0104-11692012000100007
ISSN1518-8345
AutoresPaula Hino, Renata Ferreira Takahashi, María Rita Bertolozzi, Tereza Cristina Scatena Villa, Emiko Yoshikawa Egry,
Tópico(s)Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
ResumoThe purposes of the study were to get to know conceptions on tuberculosis and health needs and to describe the care provided to people with tuberculosis, according to health professionals' perspective. Qualitative study developed at family health units in Capão Redondo, São Paulo. The data were collected through open interviews in January 2010 and submitted to discourse analysis, resulting in three categories: meanings attributed to tuberculosis and health needs and care characteristics. The conceptions regarding the disease are supported by the multi-causal theory of the health-disease process. The care is characterized by interventions that go beyond the biological dimension. The precarious living conditions define the needs of most people with tuberculosis, and can be more important to the ill than the very diagnosis of the disease, influencing treatment adherence, and should gain relevance in care.
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