AIDS ASSISTANCE IN PRIMARY CARE: A STUDY OF THE NETWORK OF RIO CLARO/SP

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.15922822070610

• Palavras-chave: AIDS; Decentralization; Primary Care; Nursing.

• Keywords: AIDS; Decentralization; Primary Care; Nursing.

• Abstract:

  Despite advances in the fight against the AIDS epidemic, it remains a public health problem, with significant morbidity and mortality data and obstacles that need to be overcome. Faced with the world scenario, which points to high rates of contamination by AIDS, and the need to offer actions aimed at reducing the spread of the disease, the process of decentralization of care to primary care has intensified, boosting the debate on the potential of this level of care in the control of AIDS, hitherto under greater centralization by specialized care services. In this context, the study aimed to evaluate the assistance in AIDS in primary care, under the evaluative opinion of the professional nurse. This is a research with a quantitative approach, in which 22 nursing professionals who work in Primary Care in the city of Rio Claro/SP participated. The data, collected through a questionnaire, between October 2019 and January 2020, were analyzed by calculating the Average Ranking (RM), Cronbach's alpha coefficient and descriptive statistics, with the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) programs) and STATA (Statistical Software). The results showed that the best performance was expressed in more standardized actions, with a tendency towards standardization and of a more technical nature, compared to actions of a more procedural, communicational nature and that require singularization of approaches, focusing on specificities and needs. It is necessary to advance in comprehensive care and in the implementation of humanized practices, where prevention combines the technical protocol domains with the psychosocial and educational domains of health actions, especially the approach to the experiences of sexuality, diverse and plural, the mitigation of stigma AIDS and social and health inequities. 

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