ABSTRACT
UNLABELLED: This study is based on a cross-section of the study of Psychosocial Care Center (Caps) in the South of Brazil. OBJECTIVE: to conduct a qualitative assessment of the structure, in terms of environment, of a Caps in the interior of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. A case study was conducted on the Caps in Alegrete (RS) based on a fourth generation, constructivist and responsive assessment using a hermeneutic-dialectic approach. The data collection instruments were semi-structured interviews with a team (26), users (11), and family members (14), defined as interest groups to make up the hermeneutic-dialectic circle and field observation (390 hours) establishing prior ethnography. The structure of the Alegrete Caps was a strong aspect in the environmental evaluation. The lack of human and material resources does not interfere directly in user satisfaction with the environment.
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Mental Health Services/standards , Community Mental Health Centers , Evaluation Studies as Topic , HumansABSTRACT
The study aimed at knowing, with three nurses from a hospital in Pelotas, Brazil, how they perceive their mental health in relation to their work and which factors cause pleasure/suffering in their job. It relates to a descriptive, analytical research within a qualitative approach. The data were collected by means of a semi-structured interview. The results were presented through central themes such as: pleasure manifestations, suffering and the mental health upon working. Knowing the factors that propitiate mental health, pleasure, suffering at work opens up possibilities of changes for nursing activity, contributing to the struggle for more human and fair work labor issues.
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Attitude of Health Personnel , Mental Health , Nurses/psychology , Nursing , Adult , Attitude to Death , Attitude to Health , Ethics, Nursing , Humans , Interview, Psychological , Job Satisfaction , Leisure Activities , Nurse's Role , Nurse-Patient Relations , Occupational Diseases/etiology , Occupational Diseases/psychology , Pleasure-Pain Principle , Salaries and Fringe Benefits , Stress, Psychological/etiology , Stress, Psychological/psychologyABSTRACT
This article is a pilot study of one of the authors master dissertation about problems related to the preventive measures of cervix cancer. Four women with cancer that were hospitalized at the gynecological ward or under chemotherapy treatment at a hospital in the city of Pelotas, RS, Brazil, were interviewed. Data were collected from April to June 2001, and of the women interviewed only one was examined preventively according to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health. Therefore, health professionals should be urged to promote care as well as health education.
