As atividades de agentes comunitários de saúde e a promoção do uso correto de medicamentos em unidades do Distrito de Saúde Oeste de Ribeirão Preto - SP / Health Community Agent activity and medicine right use in Health units in West Health District of Ribeirão Preto-SP

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

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Medicine use is nowadays considered as a risk factor for health, for they are often used in a wrong way, which has bad consequences to users. So that, the current focus of Health Systems and management organs has been to promote a rational use of medicines, in order to ensure safety for consumption. In this context, the Health Community Agent (HCA) has an important field to be exploited in his routine of home visiting in order to guide the pharmacotherapy correct use. So that, the aim of this study was to analyze HCA activities and knowledge concerning to guiding population to use medicines in a proper and rational way. It was done a survey exploratory study with 95 HCA who worked in West Health District of Ribeirão Preto- SP from November, 2007 to February, 2008. Data collect involved the application of questionnaires to 95 HCA in order to characterize the population and to evaluate his knowledge on pharmacotherapy. Direct Non Participant observations were made during home visiting done by 8 HCA. The analysis showed that the middle age of the HCA was 37,9 ± 8,3 years old. From them, 98% are women; 71.6% have studied till the secondary course; 76;8 did not participate of Pharmacotherapy Courses and 83,2% use the medicine leaflets as information sources. Most of the HCA informed that old patients (80%) are the most frequent users who ask for information on medicine therapy. Medicine use in inadequate time, self medication and not adhesion to treatment were pointed, respectively, by 64, 63 and 55 HCA as risk situations identified by them during their home visits. The average of HCA hits in the questionnaire was of 8,2 ± 1,3 and there was no association statically significant (p>0.05) between the rate of hits and participation in pharmacotherapy capacitating courses, level of schooling, age and time of work as HCA. The main activities developed by the HCA during their home visits were related to the verification and/or guiding on medicines or on health services utilization. Among the verifying activities and/or guiding on pharmacotherapy, there was emphasis on actions related to the profile of medicine using. The main conclusion is that there is a demand to developing competences in HCA, by means of Permanent Capacity Programs that can promote a change in the practice of these professionals, in order they work together the Family Health team, to improve the rational use of medicines.

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conduta do tratamento medicamentoso recursos humanos em saúde primary health care medication therapy management atenção primária à saúde health manpower

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