The Active Search for Respiratory Symptomatics for the Control of Tuberculosis in the Potiguara Indigenous Scenario, Paraiba, Brazil

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Rafaela Gerbasi Nóbrega²  Jordana De Almeida Nogueira¹  Antonio Ruffino Netto¹  Lenilde Duarte De Sá¹  Ana Tereza Medeiros Cavalcanti Da Silva¹  Tereza Cristina Scatena Villa¹ 

[1] ,Centro Universitário de João Pessoa PB ,Brazil

关键词: Tuberculosis;    Indigenous Population;    Health Services;    Tuberculose;    População Indígena;    Serviços de Saúde;    Tuberculosis;    Población Indígena;    Servicios de Salud;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692010000600018

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study sought to analyze the actions of an active search for respiratory symptomatics (RSs) in the control of tuberculosis (TB) in the Potiguara Special Indigenous Sanitary District, Paraiba, Brazil, between May and June 2007. After approval by the Research Ethics Committee, 23 professionals were grouped, including physicians, nurses, nurse technicians and indigenous health agents. The focus group technique was used as an instrument for data collection, based on the discourse analysis technique. Weaknesses of an operational nature that became apparent, related to the organization of local health service for the implementation of routines for diagnosing TB: absence of a systematic routine for searching for RSs, difficulties in organizing the material for bacteriological examination, inadequate approach to patient during sputum collection and inadequate professional training. It is deemed necessary to improve the organization of services for early detection of TB cases in the local indigenous scenario.

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