Professional skills for health promotion in caring for tuberculosis patients

Abstract

Objectives: to understand the health promotion skills found in the speeches of health practitioners in care for TB patients. Methods: qualitative study, developed with seven practitioners involved in care for TB patients, identified from a sociocentric approach, whose speeches were submitted to analysis based on the health promotion skills model in the Galway Consensus. Results: there were four domains: Catalyzing change; Leadership; Planning; and Partnerships. These domains resulted from health education actions, contribution of management nursing practitioners, seeking to meet patients’ needs and articulation of professional sectors. Final considerations: there were some skill domains in the speeches of health practitioners, with the nurse being quoted in the development of essential skills for health promotion activities, such as catalyzing change and leading care for TB patients.

Nurse’s competences in promoting women’s health in light of the Galway Consensus

“…The competence domain "Catalyzing changes" capacitates individuals and communities to improve health by fostering the production of changes through the empowerment and autonomy of the subjects, being a health practice's instrument of transformation (14) . Of the evidenced findings, this competence is contemplated by nurses when they encourage and stimulate women from their community in this competence through educational practices and conversation circles on women's health issues.…”

“…Health educational actions can empower women to construct new knowledge and knowing, which will revert in preventive or health promotion actions (14) . Empowerment is one of the pillars Chart 2 -Nurses' competence domains regarding the promotion of women's health according to the Galway Consensus, Brejo Santo, Ceará, Brazil, 2018…”

“…2.436/17, which approves the National Policy on Primary Care, the duties of nurses working in Primary Care are described: carrying out nursing consultations, requesting additional tests, and prescribing medications, following the legal provisions of the profession in compliance with protocols or other technical regulations established by the Ministry of Health. Such elements demonstrate the autonomy that these professionals can and should exercise in the health service (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20) .…”

Facilities and difficulties in implementation of the tuberculosis control program in Primary Health Care

“…As for the difficulty about the lack of health education reported by the study participants. It was observed in another investigation that the development of health promotion actions through educational actions promotes catalytic changes which are evidenced by the strengthening, participation and protagonism of individuals and the community in the management of self-care 31 .…”

Parents’ Perspectives on the Health Education Provided by Clinicians in Portuguese Pediatric Hospitals and Primary Care for Children Aged 1 to 10 Years

“…The nurse received a prominent role, when considered as the professional that parents turn to in the first place to clarify doubts, thus showing their humanized attention and focus on solving problems in the process of making decisions, and the bond of trust [ 19 ]. Indeed, several studies reported that trust is an element associated with high levels of parental satisfaction, the well-being of the child and parents, acceptance and adherence to treatment, and parental involvement in decision-making regarding children’s treatment [ 20 ].…”