Mental health care situation in family health units: perceptions of community health agents

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Jacqueline De Souza¹  Francine Baltazar Assad¹  Sara Pinto Barbosa¹  Heloisa França Badagnan¹  Letícia Yamawaka De Almeida¹  Caroline Clapis Garla¹ 

关键词: Primary health care;    Family health;    Mental health;    Community health workers;    Atención primaria de salud;    Salud familiar;    Salud mental;    Agentes comunitarios de salud;    Atenção primária à saúde;    Saúde da família;    Saúde mental;    Agentes comunitários de saúde;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-07072015002850013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This was a qualitative, descriptive study, performed with 17 Community Health Agents. The aim was to analyze the perception of these professionals regarding the most frequent mental health cases in the region. Data was collected through observation of the region and two focus groups. We used the structuralist perspective for the analysis. The results showed that these professionals perceived mental health demands from an expanded concept of health, in which the resources fit together between the various sectors. They deal with difficulties, develop actions based on soft technologies and do not necessarily focus on the disease. It was concluded that these elements reinforce the power of the Community Health Agents as performers of mental health care practices and as an important link between the healthcare service and the community.

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