Qualitative study that aimed to analyze the discourse of 15 district managers about knowledge and information related to the transfer of the Directly Observed Treatment of Tuberculosis policy in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. The empiric material, collected in May and June 2013 through interviews, was analyzed according to Michel Pêcheux's Discourse Analysis. Despite contradictions, misunderstandings and silences observed in some discourse about this policy, the interviewees value the matricial support and the shared discussions involving the professionals, the management and the users, with emphasis on the rearrangement of the service in operating the Directly Observed Treatment of Tuberculosis. The need for investments in professional qualification is clear, with a view to refining the work process through the reorientation of practices from the perspective of continuing education, which represents a strong device for the exchange of knowledge and innovative proposals with a view to effective tuberculosis control.

The nurse managers should trigger training processes to improve the control of tuberculosis in elderly patients based on continuing health education.

RESUMOObjetivo: analisar os discursos de profissionais da saúde acerca dos aspectos motivacionais relacionados à transferência de política do tratamento diretamente observado da tuberculose no município de João Pessoa, Paraíba. Método: estudo descritivo, qualitativo, desenvolvido nas Secretarias Municipal e Estadual de Saúde e em cinco distritos sanitários de saúde de João Pessoa. A amostra foi composta de 26 profissionais de saúde que participaram de uma entrevista semidirigida no período de junho a dezembro de 2013. Os dados empíricos foram analisados por meio do dispositivo teórico analítico da análise de discurso (AD) de filiação francesa pecheutiana. Resultados: observaram-se como aspectos motivacionais para a transferência de política: benefícios da descentralização das ações da estratégia TDO para o serviço de atenção primária; diminuição dos índices epidemiológicos relacionados ao abandono no tratamento; aumento no percentual de cura e encerramento dos casos; o fortalecimento do vínculo terapêutico entre profissionais e usuários a partir da responsabilidade compartilhada pelo tratamento e cuidados em geral de saúde; e melhorias na acessibilidade dos usuários aos serviços de saúde. Conclusão: embora sejam visíveis esforços e vontade política dos atores-chave envolvidos na transferência da política, verificou-se que o município necessita ainda implementar estratégias a fim de superar os amplos desafios impostos pela doença e, assim, alcançar a detecção, tratamento e cura dos casos de tuberculose. Palavras-chave: Atenção Primária à Saúde; Pessoal de Saúde; Tuberculose. ABSTR ACTObjective: To analyze the speeches of health professionals about the motivational aspects related to the policy transfer of the direct observation of therapy for tuberculosis in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Method: Descriptive and qualitative study developed in the Municipal and State Health Departments and in five Sanitary Districts of João Pessoa. The sample consisted of 26 health professionals who participated in a semi-directed interview from June to December 2013. The empirical material produced was analyzed according to the theoretical-analytical basis of the French discourse analysis by Pêcheux. Results: The motivational aspects for the policy transfer were benefits from the decentralization of actions of the direct observation of therapy strategy to the primary care service; reduction of epidemiological indices associated with treatment abandonment; increase in cure percentage and closure of cases; strengthening of therapeutic bond between professionals and users based on shared responsibility for general health care and treatment; and improvements in users' accessibility to health services. Conclusion: Although efforts and political will of the key actors involved in policy transfer are visible, our data tend to support that that the municipal government still needs to implement strategies to overcome the broad challenges posed by the disease and thus achieve diagnosis, treatment and cure of tuberculosis cases

Introduction: The segregation of people affected by leprosy in leper colonies as well as presenting itself ineffective, caused irreversible and irreparable consequences in the lives of individuals who came to carry the marks of stigma and prejudice surrounding the disease. Results:The stigma and the prejudice crystallized in our culture had caused and still cause huge suffering and pain in the participants, who grew up and several aged in biological terms, living with a stigmatizing disease and its complications, sometimes disabling ones. In social and psychological terms, they were discriminated, rejected and even expelled from the familiar conviviality and the original social nucleus. Conclusion:In this manner, one notices the need of these people recover their attachments, values and self-esteem, share feelings and build relationships so as to be integrated in the real world.

Objective: To analyze the effects of meanings produced by the speechess of health managers about the Policy Transfer of Directly Observed Treatment of Tuberculosis. Method: Qualitative study developed in 2017 with six managers working in health services located in municipalities in the state of Paraíba. The corpus, constituted by interviews, was analyzed by Discourse Analysis. Results: The speeches expressed aspects favorable to the operationalization of the policy transfer process, such as investing in human, technological, physical and material resources; coordinating management in the organization of the network and raising the awareness of the professionals involved. Barriers were identified, such as the prevalence of cases in the Reference Unit; professional turnover; prejudice and social vulnerability. Conclusions: The study showed that financial investments, government pacts and commitment of the actors involved in the production of care are necessary to carry out the policy transfer process in the municipalities investigated.