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- Title
Percepção das beneficiárias sobre o Programa Brasileiro de Prevenção e Controle da Deficiência de Vitamina A.
- Authors
Figueroa Pedraza, Dixis; de Souza Peixoto, Juliane Berenguer; Lucena de Vasconcelos, Maria Gorete; de Sousa Brito, Virgínia Rossana; de Azevedo Paiva, Adriana
- Abstract
Objective: understanding the perception of the beneficiaries regarding Vitamin A Supply National Program in the municipality of Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil. Methods: a qualitative study with a sample of 25 subjects defined by a theoretical saturation process. The data collection was carried out by means of interviews, using a script comprising of guiding questions about the Program, which were recorded on an audio device. After fully transcribed, the speeches were submitted to content analyses. Results: the perception of the beneficiaries showed lay knowledge about vitamin A, mechanicity of the supplementation and unfamiliarity and invisibility of the Program. Conclusion: the interviews revealed that according to the perception of the beneficiaries the Program and its components were unfamiliar and invisible to them.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CONTENT analysis; HEALTH attitudes; INTERVIEWING; PRIMARY health care; VITAMIN A deficiency; QUALITATIVE research; NUTRITION services
- Publication
Revista de Atencao Primaria a Saude, 2019, Vol 22, Issue 2, p319
- ISSN
1516-7704
- Publication type
Article