Social determinants of health and community health agent work

Autor: Daiane Broch, Deise Lisboa Riquinho, Letícia Becker Vieira, Adriana Roese Ramos, Vanessa Aparecida Gasparin
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, Vol 54 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1980-220X
1980-220x
DOI: 10.1590/s1980-220x2018031403558
Popis: Abstract Objective: To understand the social determinants of health from the perspective of the work of community health agents. Method: A qualitative study conducted in a Health District Management in the city of Porto Alegre/Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, through focus groups and semi-structured interviews with community health agents. The analysis took place through thematic categorization, and the social determinants of health were adopted as the analytical category. Results: Twenty-five (25) community health agent workers participated. Overlapping individual and collective themes emerged, from violence and drug trafficking to lack of sanitation, improperly disposed garbage, illiteracy and the health problems themselves. Conclusion: The study revealed a complex relationship between the work of community health agents and the social determinants of health, reinforcing the need for a cohesive health team with intersectoral initiatives to address the different demands of the territories which are worked and lived in.
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