Programa de controle da hanseníase no Rio Grande do Norte: análise na perspectiva da promoção da saúde

Abstract

Leprosy is considered a major public health problem due to its high disabling and impairment power in individuals of the economically active age group. The Rio Grande do Norte has a high incidence of leprosy. The evaluation of quality of care of the Leprosy Control Program (HCP) was considered by the Ministry of Health from regulate to precarious, given that reveals the fragility of the measures of health surveillance in the state. The given context shows the need for a more effective action in responding to people with leprosy or with sequelae and reactions of the same in the state in order to support these individuals to face the daily difficulties generated by the disease. This study aims to analyze the aspects that compromise the performance of the Leprosy Control Program in RN. This is an analytical study and of quantitative and qualitative aspect, ie, mixed methods in order to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the research problem. It will be held in the pole-cities of each of the eight health regions of the state. The municipal coordinators of HCP and health professionals who provide care in leprosy services of these cities will be interviewed, namely, all professionals of reference services and a reference sample of professionals working in the Family Health Strategy in each city studied through scripts of interviews and a questionnaire previously established. The research project was approved under number 1011888 and CAEE No 42951615.6.0000.5537 by the Research Ethics Committee / UFRN, respecting all the requirements made by this body and the 466/12 Resolution of the National Health Council. The data were analyzed through discourse analysis and the results grounded in Health Promotion as a theoretical framework. The results are organized in three manuscripts: 1) Health evaluation: an integrative review; 2) The nurse's attention context to people with leprosy in the Family Health Strategy; 3) PCH managers of discourse analysis in newborns. The first article guided the assessment of HCP which this thesis is part and noted that reviews of health policies and programs should be learned from the following observations: as a time frame, in particular prism and from certain health conceptions. Not as an end in itself and not as absolute truth. The second article assessed the layers of the nurse's work in the context of PCH and how they influence and are influenced by it. The third article analyzes the discourse of managers PCH that distinguished the influence of bureaucratic management model and the design of attention to medical / health centralized addition to the strong influence of sanitarian / Model campaigner, although the current model is health surveillance. Met with managers over coordination under their responsibility, but without technical support, scientific and political (human and economic resources for the performance of their duties); the minority with little time to work, but most are in function for years and still not appropriated all the scientific tools and techniques needed to develop a work that promotes health and giving efficient and effective results. It realized that the PCH can improve from two initiatives: (1) professional management (2) emphasis on health promotion and teamwork (inter / multidisciplinary). Not only the PCH, but the NHS has not yet effected expressively in order to modify the model of attention to proposed health.