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- Title
Social representations of community-acquired infection by primary care professionals.
- Authors
Lopes de Sousa, Álvaro Francisco; Luz Nunes Queiroz, Artur Acelino Francisco; de Oliveira, Layze Braz; Moura da Costa Valle, Andreia Rodrigues; Batista Moura, Maria Eliete
- Abstract
Objective: Understand the social representations formulated by primary health care professionals in relation to community-acquired infection and analyze how these representations influence infection control and quality of care. Methods: Exploratory, qualitative research conducted among 16 health professionals, selected by simple sampling. For data collection, a semi-structured form was used. The data were processed and analyzed by Descending Hierarchical Classification. Results: Four classes were obtained: Primary health care in the management of community-acquired infections; the role of health education in infection prevention and control; the concept of community-acquired infection and risk factors; prevention and control measures for community-acquired infections. Conclusion: The social representations of community-acquired infection are organized on the basis of professional practice, in which participants recognize the difficulties in conceptualizing the term, and list risk factors and prevention and control measures, reflecting on the quality of care provided.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; HEALTH education; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL quality control; PRIMARY health care; RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE research; COMMUNITY-acquired infections; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Acta Paulista de Enfermagem, 2015, Vol 28, Issue 5, p454
- ISSN
0103-2100
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1982-0194201500076