Objective: to analyze the way in which the prevention of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is configured under the view of women from the Potiguara ethnic group. Method: a qualitative study involving 256 women from three indigenous villages in Paraíba-Brazil The information was collected in 2015, through the Free Word Association Test and semi-structured interviews. The corpus was analyzed fro...
Introduction: The spread of Aids, for indian tribes, includes women between priorities of facing the epidemic, makin this discussion relevant for the construction of new considerations in the field of indigenous health. Objective: To analyze how Aids is configured according to the glance of Potiguara women. Methodological Approach: Exploratory, descriptive and quanti-qualitative field study, supported on theore...
A cross-sectional study with the aim to analyze the performance of healthcare services with respect to diagnosing tuberculosis. We interviewed 101 users with tuberculosis, residents of a municipality in the Northeast region of Brazil. Bivariate analysis and the chi-squared test were applied for data treatment. We found a p<0.05 statistical significance between the first health service sought by user and the ...
ABSTRACT The objective was to analyze the organization of the tuberculosis control service in the Special Potiguara Indigenous Health District, from the view of indigenous health workers. This qualitative study was performed at the referred indigenous health district in the state of Paraíba, with 23 health workers. The empirical material was produced based on the foal group technique and analyzed according to t...
This study sought to analyze the actions of an active search for respiratory symptomatics (RSs) in the control of tuberculosis (TB) in the Potiguara Special Indigenous Sanitary District, Paraiba, Brazil, between May and June 2007. After approval by the Research Ethics Committee, 23 professionals were grouped, including physicians, nurses, nurse technicians and indigenous health agents. The focus group technique...