Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Oct 2011)
Health Community Agents: attributions on children´s health
Abstract
It is a descriptive, exploratory and qualitative research aimed to provide attributions from the Community Health Agents in families with children between zero and six years old that are tied to a Family Health Strategy team, in order to identify facilities, difficulties and doubts on that implementation. The place was an area attached to a basic health unit, using observation techniques at home visits, individual interview and workshops with a total of 15 agents. Categorized data were discussed in light of the Nursing Transcultural Theory and other authors. It has emerged the following categories: planning and collecting data at home visits, facilities, difficulties and doubts at home visits. It is concluded that, by giving voice to the, there are possibilities of exchanging experiences and knowledge between the popular and the professional care system
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