<b>Assisting the family in basic care: facilities and difficulties which health professionals have to face</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v34i1.7624

  • Mislaine Casagrande de Lima Lopes Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM
  • Sonia Silva Marcon Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM
Keywords: basic health care, Family Health Program, family, health personnel

Abstract

Current descriptive and qualitative analysis investigates the facilities and difficulties faced by Basic Care health professionals dealing with families. Data were collected by half-structured interviews with 39 health professionals in nine basic care units in Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil, between September and December 2006. Home-visiting was considered to be the main tool to the fulfillment of basic care. Whereas the main facility mentioned comprised the bond between health professionals and the family, the main difficulties consisted of lack of motor transport to the homes, incomplete teams and insufficient time for visits. Results show that health professionals were concerned with the establishing of bonds with families. Even though problems existed, they all agreed on the importance of family assistance which may highly contribute towards the treatment of diseases in the families and thus promoting professional assistance through family-health professionals co-responsibility.

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Author Biographies

Mislaine Casagrande de Lima Lopes, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM
Enfermeira. Mestre em Enfermagem. Professora colaboradora do Departamento de Enfermagem da UEM.
Sonia Silva Marcon, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM
Possui graduação em Enfermagem pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina (1979), mestrado em Enfermagem pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1989) e doutorado em Filosofia da Enfermagem pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1998). Atualmente é professor associado C da Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Tem experiência na área de Enfermagem, com ênfase em Enfermagem de Saúde Pública, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: família, doença crônica, cuidado, criança e assistência domiciliar. Pesquisador 2 do CNPq Currículo Lattes
Published
2011-07-26
How to Cite
Lopes, M. C. de L., & Marcon, S. S. (2011). <b>Assisting the family in basic care: facilities and difficulties which health professionals have to face</b&gt; - doi: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v34i1.7624. Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 34(1), 85-93. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v34i1.7624
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Public Health

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