The professionals of Programa Saúde da Família (Family Health Program) as to use, abuse and addiction of drugs. / "Os profissionais do programa saúde da família frente ao uso, abuso e dependência de drogas"

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

This study has the objective of disclosing the feelings and attitudes (feeling, thinking and behavior) of the professionals of Programa Saúde da Família (PSF) (Family Health Program) (nurses, doctors, odontologists, nunrsing assistants, dental office assistants and health community agents) towars the use, abuse and addiction of drugs; compare the attitudes among the PSF health professionals with and without a university course as to that matter and identify what substances are considered addiction drugs by these professionals. It is quantitative, descriptive, sectional study. In order to attain the data collection, it was formatted an individual questionary, structured with closed questions containing: sociodemographic identification, check list of substances that are considered addiction crugs, the health assistance to the drug users at PSF, answered with five questions, check list of feelings when dealing with patients connected to the use, abuse, and addiction of drugs and the attitude scale “ The Seamn &Mannello Nurse’s Attitudes Toward and Alcoholism Scale” . It was carried out descriptive and multivaried analysiswith a safety interval of p>0,005; 286 professionals participated of this research. It was found out that the substances considered addiciton drugs, almost all of them, were cocaine, marijuana and crack. In the assistance evaluation, the profissionals pf PSF realized that the problems related to the abuse and dependence of drugs are present in the health damages (61,5%), and 89% of them consider very important to assist these patients, being higher the statistics for professionals with a university course; however, the difficulties are considerable (69,2%), and as to the the assistance perfomed, such professionals (64%) realized that have helped these patientes very little, and that they benefit little from the assistance offered (69%). Almost half of the health professionals present feelings of compassion and the sadness towards the patient with problems related to the use of drugs. The attitudes were positive toward the drug users in a general way, although sometimes they were associated to feeelings of anxiety, stress, fear, insecureness and discomfort. Concerning to the personal and professional satisfaction for working with chemical addicted patientes, there was a higher average for professional with a university course. These professional also presented a higher perception as to the physical problems related to use of drugs and a not very positive prognostic as to the users. On the other hand, the health professionals of PSF without a university course, most of them health community agents, demonstrate feelings and attitudes wich can show a better accepatance as to the drug use and users, however they present more difficulty in a approachinf them. The study showed that there are possibilities and a reasonable motivation for the development of knowledge and intervention with the drug users; but it has a not been sufficiently significant to genterate objetive effects in the PSF according to its own professionals.

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addiction drugs conhecimentos drogas de abuso atitudes e práticas em saúde programa saúde da família attitudes and practice in health programa saúde da família knowledge

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