Experiences in the Family Health Strategy: demands and vulnerabilities in the territory

• Main Authors: Antonio Germane Alves Pinto (Author), Maria Salete Bessa Jorge (Author), Mirna Neyara Alexandre de Sá Barreto Marinho (Author), Emery Ciana Figueirêdo Vidal (Author), Priscila de Souza Aquino (Author), Eglídia Carla Figueirêdo Vidal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the daily demands of Family Health Strategy in clinical practice of the team and social vulnerabilities of community territory. Method: Research with qualitative approach, in a critical-reflexive perspective, held with two teams of the Family Health Strategy, in the city of Fortaleza, State of Ceará, Brazil. The participants were 22 users and 19 health professionals from the basic health network. Data from the interviews and observation were analyzed under the assumptions of critical hermeneutics. Results: We highlight the unveiling of sufferings and daily clashes, the influence of social determinants on health and psychosocial demands, limits and possibilities of everyday clinical practice. Conclusion: The clinic attention must recognize the perceptions and living conditions by listening and promoting health in the community.

Item Description

1984-0446
10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0033