Absenteeism is a chronic healthcare problem worldwide in both the public and private sectors, leading to waste of financial resources. To estimate the rate and the waste of monetary resources linked to patient absenteeism in consultations and specialized examinations on the management modalities of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) in the Metropolitan Health Region of the state of Espirito Santo (RSMES)...
students in the professionalizing cycle of the Dentistry Program at Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Brazil, and discussing questions regarding feedback in the teaching-learning process. It is a qualitative exploratory study that adopted semi-structured question-naires and interviews with 103 7th and 10th term dental students. The data show that students tend to value feedback, which they se...
As representações sociais das puérperas sobre o acesso ao cuidado pré-natal destacam aspectos relacionados às barreiras de acesso e às formas de sua superação. O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar o acesso ao cuidado pré-natal a partir das representações sociais de usuárias do Sistema Único de Saúde. A partir de 1.035 puérperas, selecionaram-se 24 puérperas da Região Metropolitana da Grande Vitória, Espírito ...
This study aims to assess dentists' understanding about the working process and the relationships of the health team with dental hygienist technicians (DHT). In five cities of the Metropolitan Region of Vitória, State of Espírito Santo, Southeastern Brazil, 18 subjects were selected from a probability sample of 217 dentists that worked in the National Health System. Subjects were interviewed by means of a semi-...
Since the beginning of the medicalization process, there has been a huge effort towards the maintenance of the working force. One of the measures taken to control the work forces was the institutionalization of delivery. With this, knowledge concerning the physiological and pathological processes of the pregnant woman and of the newborn evolved so much that it allowed medical intervention focusing on the improv...