Suchergebnisse

Objective: Understanding the procedures, actions and approaches used in mental health in primary care.
Method: a qualitative exploratory research developed with two teams from the Family Health Strategy in
Juazeiro do Norte-CE, Brazil, between May and June 2009, with the non-participant observation and semistructured
interviews. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University
of Ceará, CAAE N°16/09. Results: actions focused on mental health were shown to be related to the
prescription of psychotropic drugs, the referral of cases to the clinic and home visits by community health
workers. In the service, the Support Center for Family Health assumed a modest role, with individual
consultations and few group activities. Conclusion: thus, it was observed in the practices of professionals
from the Family Health Strategy the predominance of procedures for care under a reduced vision of
health, focusing on the individual and on the injury, distinguishing from the proposals of collective and
comprehensive care proposed by the community care model.

Violence takes up a prominent place in the modern society. It is considered a public health problem. The aim of this study was to describe policies related to violence against children and adolescents. It was a documentary and reflective study which involved data from 1982 to 2006. From the data, it was formulated the following category: public policies concerned violence against children and adolescents. It is inferred that the way they have been treated varies between negligence, punishment and mere measures of care. There are statutes, codes and laws; however it seems they need energetic effective measures to be put into effect. It is necessary to develop activities that propitiate possibilities of a life with respect to the children and adolescents. The phenomenon of violence must send the society to the tireless fight for the practice of democracy. Amongst the social elements, the nurse is detached for being present in many scenes of assistance to children and adolescents, having opportunity to contribute significantly to the detection, prevention and notification of such phenomenon.