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Disease control discourse by the World Health Organization and the production of national spatialities

Darsie C, Hillesheim B, Weber DL. Disease control discourse by the World Health Organization and the production of national spatialities. Interface (Botucatu). 2021; 25: e200587 https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200587
Globalization has caused the circulation of viruses and bacteria on a global scale, compelling health authorities to pay attention to the dynamics between space and diseases. Consequently, the World Health Organization (WHO) plays an essential role concerning knowledge production and information spreading as a health standard regulation. Using discursive practices analysis, about disease control, through document analysis written by the WHO where arise discussions about biopolitical strategies and spatiality production. In those documents the national spatialities are produced and valued according to the prevention and control of diseases capacities in each country

The Brazilian National Program for Improving Access and Quality of Primary Care: a disciplinary apparatus in the management

Carvalho MF, Andrade CS. The Brazilian National Program for Improving Access and Quality of Primary Care: a disciplinary apparatus in the management. Interface (Botucatu). 2021; 25: e200825 https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200825 The Brazilian National Program for Improving Primary Care Access and Quality envisaged improvements in the management process of primary care through strategies that involve performance assessment, expansion of funding and improvements in teamwork. This article analyzes the discourses of municipal managers regarding the program to (re) think about the management of primary care based on Michel Foucault’s theoretical framework. By viewing the program as an apparatus, we identified components present in the construction of the macro-politics and in its development in baselines, in the cities, that favored the exercise of disciplinary

Education for public health from the perspective of professors teaching on speech-language-hearing undergraduate programs in public universities in the Northeast of Brazil

Telles MWP, Noro LRA. Education for public health from the perspective of professors teaching on speech-language-hearing undergraduate programs in public universities in the Northeast of Brazil. Interface (Botucatu). 2021; 25: e200704 https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200704 With the implementation of the National Curriculum Guidelines in Brazil, speech therapy degree courses have expanded the provision of modules on public health, aiming to promote the incorporation of students into Brazilian National Health System (SUS). The aim of this article was to understand education for public health from the perspective of professors teaching on speech-language-hearing undergraduate programs in public universities in the Northeast of Brazil. We conducted interviews with seven key informants. The data was analyzed in the light of the relevant literature on public health

Primary Care professionals’ perceptions of the care delivered to menopausal women

Luz MMF, Frutuoso MFP. Primary Care professionals’ perceptions of the care delivered to menopausal women. Interface (Botucatu). 2021; 25: e200644 https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200644 With the aim of discussing health professionals’ perceptions of the care delivered to women going through the menopause in Primary Care Services, we conducted an interventional study involving workshops with family health teams in a city in the State of São Paulo. The health workers recognized the lack of actions directed at menopausal women and the invisibility of these women’s health needs, reporting mental health complaints, referral strategies and medicalization of care. During the workshops, the teams reflected on practices and suggested the inclusion of these women in actions developed by the services. The accounts of the health

The pediatrician and Permanent Health Education in the Amplified Family Health and Primary Care Nucleus (NASF-AB)

Marangon CMLV, Souza JM. The pediatrician and Permanent Health Education in the Amplified Family Health and Primary Care Nucleus (NASF-AB). Interface (Botucatu). 2021; 25: e200626 https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200626 This study aimed to investigate the Permanent Education process of pediatricians belonging to the Amplified Family Health Nucleus and to survey their basis of knowledge, skills, values, difficulties and needs. A descriptive, qualitative and exploratory study analyzed information collected by means of a written interview and a focus group with nine of the eleven active pediatricians. Categories and units of analysis were constructed based on essential elements for significant learning in the nucleus. We found educational, political, social and human aspects that were heterogeneous between health teams. These lead to the construction of

Cooperation between university and government to evaluate Primary Health Care in the Brazilian National Health System

Cavalcanti P, Fernandez M, Junior GDG. Cooperation between university and government to evaluate Primary Health Care in the Brazilian National Health System. Interface (Botucatu).2021; 25: e210103 https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.210103 Abstract This article analizes the role of the university in institutional cooperation with the Brazilian Ministry of Health to implement the Program for Access and Quality Improvement in Primary Care. It is a qualitative research based on a case study that combined document analysis and interviews with key government and academia actors. The cooperation aimed to carry out the External Evaluation of the Program and the census of the Basic Health Units in the country. Dozens of academic institutions mobilized their institutional apparatus to carry out activities for the formulation and operationalization

Sexual harassment of women who practice strength training: impacts on their everyday life

Pinheiro MRD, Caminha IO. Sexual harassment of women who practice strength training: impacts on their everyday life. Interface (Botucatu). 2021; 25: e200819 https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200819 This study aimed to characterize the impact of the sexual harassment of women who practice strength training on their everyday life and the practice of regular physical activity. The study was conducted with 25 women who practiced strength training in four gyms in Iguatu in the State of Ceará, Brazil using a sociodemographic questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The content of the interviews was analyzed using content analysis. The respondents’ experiences of sexual harassment in the gyms included embarrassing and uncomfortable leering and staring at intimate body parts during exercise and insistent conversations and inappropriate comments, negatively

(In)visibility of service user-workers in the interaction with health care professionals in the context of a family health center

Andrade AGM, et al. (In)visibility of service user-workers in the interaction with health care professionals in the context of a family health center. Interface (Botucatu). 2021; 25: e200700 https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200700 This study aimed to understand how work-related health needs appear in the interaction between service users (workers) and family health professionals and affect care. We adopted ethnographic methods to collect data, including recording observed appointments in a field diary and situated and semi-structured interviewing. The worker became visible to the health professionals through formal requests, clinical manifestations, patient-professional bonds and the patient profile. During the appointments we observed responses oriented by clinical complaints and gaps in the coordination of care. The (in)visibility of workers in the context of appointments was

New subjectivation modes in nurse education in the area of Mental Health

Cecilio SG, et al. New subjectivation modes in nurse education in the area of Mental Health. Interface (Botucatu). 2021; 25: e200688 https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200688 This cartographic research aims to analyze new subjectivation modes in nurse education in the area of Mental Health. Data were collected by means of semi-structured interviews and non-participant observation, developed during a mental health discipline of a Nursing course that was offered in the first semester of 2019. The produced data were grounded on the Philosophy of Difference proposed by Deleuze and Guattari. Through the observed classroom, new ways of teaching about Nursing education in Mental Health emerged. These new ways reflect an expressive ethical-esthetic-political posture in an education territory that, instead of reproducing forms and models,

In search of the contemporary definition of “academic leagues” based on the health sciences’ experience

Cavalcante ASP, et al. In search of the contemporary definition of “academic leagues” based on the health sciences’ experience. Interface (Botucatu). 2021; 25: e190857 https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.190857

This study sought a contemporary definition of ‘academic leagues’, based on the experience of 8 ALs in 2 public universities that have campuses in the countryside of the State of Ceará, Brazil. The ALs were equally divided between the undergraduate courses in Nursing and Medicine. Data collection took place in documents, interviews, and field observation and, subsequently, the data obtained underwent content analysis. On the one hand, the risks of adhering to clinical practices and corporate specialism have been shown; on the other hand, student protagonism and the interactions

Health education in primary care: approaches and strategies envisaged in public health policies

Fittipaldi ALM, O’Dwyer G, Henriques P. Health education in primary care: approaches and strategies envisaged in public health policies. Interface (Botucatu). 2021; 25: e200806 https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200806 This study analyzed the health education strategies described in the formulation of public policies using document analysis and drawing on the following approaches to health education as a frame of reference: preventive; informed choice; personal development; radical; and popular health education. We identified three categories that demarcate the analysis: preventive approaches focused on the individual; the radical approach and macro determinants of health; and strategies to encourage autonomy and public participation. The findings show that various approaches employing interactive and complementary education strategies were present in the policies

The circuit of affects in drug addiction: an alternative explanation for the servitude to drugs

Roberto Tykanori Kinoshita. The circuit of affects in drug addiction: an alternative explanation for the servitude to drugs. Interface (Botucatu). 2021; 25: e200787 https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200787 Abstract We present an alternative explanation for drug addiction, reflecting on the reasons that lead a person to persevere in drug consumption despite knowing the harm that this consumption brings. Based on the works by Humberto Maturana and on the theory of affects in Spinoza’s Ethics, we assume that human beings are moved by passions and formulate the circuit of affects of drug addiction. In this circuit, we have identified three affective complexes: the singular personal complex, the relief/oblivion complex, and the psychosocial complex, which form a spiral dynamics of sad affects. Such affects