Solvability of mental health care in the Family Health Strategy: social representation of professionals and users

Objective To aprehend the social representations about the solvability in mental health care with users of the Family Health Strategy and professionals of family health teams and of the Center for Psychosocial Care. Method A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews for data collection, and the Alceste software for analysis. This software uses the Hierarchical Descending Classification based on the examination of lexical roots, considering the words as units and providing context in the corpus. Results The representations emerge in two opposing poles: the users require satisfaction with care and the professionals realize the need for improvement of health actions. Although the matricial support in mental health and the home visits are developed, the barriers related to investment in health, continuing education and organization of care persist. Conclusion The different representations enable improvements in customer service, solvability of care and aggregate knowledge and practices in the expanded perspective of health needs in the family, social and therapeutic context

Cuidado de enfermagem ao paciente com comorbidade clínico-psiquiátrica em um pronto atendimento hospitalar

Pesquisa qualitativa, descritiva, exploratória desenvolvida em 2009 no pronto atendimento de um hospital geral de Curitiba, Paraná. Teve como objetivo conhecer o cuidado de enfermagem desenvolvido ao paciente com comorbidade clínico-psiquiátrica. Participaram seis enfermeiros, sete técnicos de enfermagem e 14 auxiliares de enfermagem. Os dados foram obtidos mediante entrevista semiestruturada e submetidos à análise de conteúdo temático-categorial. As categorias que emergiram dos dados foram: O cuidado é técnico e sem especificidade; Segurança e proteção ao paciente; e Contenção física e química como medidas de proteção. Evidenciouse que os cuidados de enfermagem desenvolvidos aos pacientes com comorbidade clínico-psiquiátrica são sem especificidade, com ênfase em cuidados básicos, contenção química e física. Concluiu-se que há necessidade da implantação de programas locais de capacitação em saúde mental e sensibilização dos profissionais de enfermagem quanto aos cuidados a tal clientela

Institutional and matrix support and its relationship with primary healthcare

OBJECTIVE To analyze whether the level of institutional and matrix support is associated with better certification of primary healthcare teams.METHODS In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated two kinds of primary healthcare support – 14,489 teams received institutional support and 14,306 teams received matrix support. Logistic regression models were applied. In the institutional support model, the independent variable was “level of support” (as calculated by the sum of supporting activities for both modalities). In the matrix support model, in turn, the independent variables were the supporting activities. The multivariate analysis has considered variables with p RESULTS The teams had institutional and matrix supporting activities (84.0% and 85.0%), respectively, with 55.0% of them performing between six and eight activities. For the institutional support, we have observed 1.96 and 3.77 chances for teams who had medium and high levels of support to have very good or good certification, respectively. For the matrix support, the chances of their having very good or good certification were 1.79 and 3.29, respectively. Regarding to the association between institutional support activities and the certification, the very good or good certification was positively associated with self-assessment (OR = 1.95), permanent education (OR = 1.43), shared evaluation (OR = 1.40), and supervision and evaluation of indicators (OR = 1.37). In regards to the matrix support, the very good or good certification was positively associated with permanent education (OR = 1.50), interventions in the territory (OR = 1.30), and discussion in the work processes (OR = 1.23).CONCLUSIONS In Brazil, supporting activities are being incorporated in primary healthcare, and there is an association between the level of support, both matrix and institutional, and the certification result.</sec