[Daily practice of community health agents: difficulties and limitations of care].

[Daily practice of community health agents: difficulties and limitations of care].
Rev Bras Enferm. 2013 Jun;66(3):358-65
Authors: Baralhas M, Pereira MA
Abstract
This qualitative study aimed to identify difficulties experienced by Community Health Agents (CHA) in the course of daily practice of care. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with twelve CHA from four Basic Health Units in a city of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. From an analysis of the speech of subjects, we found that the deficiency of health services, the workload of the nurses responsible for the team and the service rejection by users make it difficult to implement the health actions. This research emphasizes the limitations expressed by the health agents, and points towards the necessity of an evolving discussion of this theme, seeking strategies that enable the consolidation of community health principles.
PMID: 23887784 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem - June 1, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Baralhas M, Pereira MA Tags: Rev Bras Enferm Source Type: research