Attributes of primary health care in the assistance for people with leprosy: nurses' perspective

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https://doi.org/10.17267/2317-3378rec.2023.e5191

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Leprosy, Primary Health Care, Nurses

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OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the attributes of Primary Health Care (PHC) in leprosy control actions from the perspective of nurses. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative study was carried out. A previously validated instrument to assess PHC attributes was virtually applied to nurses linked to the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in a city in Northeast Brazil in 2020. This instrument includes 76 items divided into eight components, considering the essential and derived attributes of PHC. RESULTS: Considering 72 FHS nurses (82,7%; n=72) the attribute “access” was the only one that did not reach the cutoff point of high orientation of the PHC in the assistance of people with leprosy (≥ 6.6), reaching a score of 6.0 in the view of the participants. The essential attributes “entrance”, “continued care” and “coordination” reached scores of 10, 9 and 8.7, respectively. “Family guidance” as a derived attribute reached a score of 10. CONCLUSION: From the perspective of FHS nurses in a city in Northeast Brazil, with the exception of access, assistance for people with leprosy is provided based on the attributes of PHC.

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08/17/2023

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da Silva FFR, Barbosa-Lima R, Sanchez MN, Penna GO. Attributes of primary health care in the assistance for people with leprosy: nurses’ perspective. Rev Enf Contemp [Internet]. 2023 Aug. 17 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];12:e5191. Available from: https://journals.bahiana.edu.br/index.php/enfermagem/article/view/5191

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