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SLOMP JUNIOR, Helvo et al. Magic or enchantment? Management committees in the Brazilian National Health System and changes in healthcare modes. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2019, vol.23, e170395. Epub Apr 15, 2019. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/interface.170395. In a qualitative research about healthcare production in the health networks, the role of management committees in an experience of change in the government of health was evaluated. Using a cartographic approach, we found that the activation of the committees by the government aimed at a double task: to promote institutional democracy and to create governability for the proposed change. Nevertheless, the committees’ agendas were predominantly restricted to technical or professional matters, and there was some tension involving several of the

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COSTA-VAL, Alexandre et al. On anorexia and bulimia: conceptions and etiological suppositions from the perspective of Health professionals. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2019, vol.23, e170293. Epub Apr 15, 2019. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/interface.170293. Anorexia and bulimia are serious syndromes that require careful management. Clinical practice and literature show, however, that their approach is often inadequate. In this study, we were interested in knowing the discourse of health professionals about the characterization and etiology of these disorders. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 workers from the public health network of a city in Minas Gerais/Brazil. From the points of convergence, divergence and silence of the speech, we locate discursive axes such as distortion of the body image; stigma;

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OLIVEIRA, Rebeca Nunes Guedes de and FONSECA, Rosa Maria Godoy Serpa da. Love and violence at play: revealing the affective-sexual relations between young people using the gender lens. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2019, vol.23, e180354. Epub Apr 15, 2019. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/interface.180354. objective was to analyze using the gender category, the discourse about affective-sexual relationships among teenagers based on the interactions in an online game grounded on the themes of sex, sexuality and violence. This is a case study, a qualitative approach that carried out the analysis of the discursive comments of adolescents produced from interactions with the Papo Reto game. The study subjects were 27 teenagers from a public school in São Paulo-SP. The

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FORTE, Franklin Delano Soares et al. The perspective of students and dental education: possible intersections with the Family Health Strategy. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2019, vol.23, e170407. Epub Apr 08, 2019. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/interface.170407. The aim of this study was to understand the perception of dental school students at a public Brazilian institution about their practical insertion in the Brazilian National Health System (SUS), especially within the strategies of the Family Health System (FHS). Furthermore, the study gathered their impressions on how this experience contributed to their academic education. This was an analytical qualitative study conducted with focus groups of dental school students, using semi-structured scripts. Furthermore, the portfolios produced by the participants were submitted

 

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LANGBECKER, Andrea; CASTELLANOS, Marcelo Eduardo Pfeiffer and CATALAN-MATAMOROS, Daniel. What do news-values say about the Brazilian National Health System? Exploring the theoretical-conceptual frameworks of newsworthiness (abstract: p. 15). Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2019, vol.23, e170940. Epub Apr 15, 2019. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/interface.170940. News-values are factors intrinsic to facts that determine their potential as news stories. The present study proposes a reflection on the theoretical-conceptual framework that structures the news and that support the analytical choices to study the news coverage of the Brazilian National Health System (SUS). Comparatively, it discusses the typology developed by authors Traquina and Silva about the selected news values. Silva adds to Tranquina’s classification by adding news values “knowledge”, “entertainment/curiosity”,

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WARMLING, Cristine Maria; BALDISSEROTTO, Julio and ROCHA, Evelise Tarouco da User embracement & access to oral health needs and professional practice in Primary Health Care. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2019, vol.23, e180398. Epub Apr 04, 2019. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/interface.180398. The aim of the present study was to understand how the Oral Health Teams of Primary Health Care coordinate the competencies of user embracement and access to oral health needs in their professional practice. This was a unique and integrated qualitative case study. A script based on the competencies of different practices supported the creation of nine focus groups (sixteen surgical dentists, five assistants, seven oral health technicians and two resident surgical dentists). When implementing

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PINTO, Hêider Aurélio et al. The Brazilian More Doctors Program: evaluat ing the implementation of the Provision axis from 2013 to 2015. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2017, vol.21, suppl.1, pp.1087-1101. Epub 21-Ago-2017. ISSN 1807-5762. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622016.0520. The More Doctors Program was created in 2013 to address challenges that constrained the expansion and development of PC, mainly the insufficiency and maldistribution of physicians and the inadequate training profile related to the needs of the population. The program consists of three axes: emergency provision, improvement of infrastructure and changes in training. This paper performs documentary and literature review as well as analysis of official databases with the objective of evaluating the results achieved up to 2015 with regards to physicians

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OLIVEIRA, Ester Mascarenhas et al. “Male body with female gestures?”: a transvestite’s image made by nurses. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2019, vol.23, e170562. Epub Apr 04, 2019. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/interface.170562. This is a qualitative research based on the Theory of Social Representations aiming at describing the transvestite’s image revealed by nurse(s). The Free Word Association Test (TFAW) was applied, consisting of the stimulus ‘Transvestite’, for 110 Postgraduate nursing students, from a public university located in Salvador city, Bahia state, Brazil. Twenty of them answered the semi-structured interview. The TFAW data processed by the free software Ensemble de Programmes Permettant L’analyse des Évocations (EVOC) subsidized the corpus organization of the interviews guided by the content analysis.

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  OLIVEIRA, Felipe Proenço de et al. The More Doctors Program and the rearrangement of medical residency education focused on Family and Community Medicine. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2019, vol.23, suppl.1, e180008. Epub 04-Fev-2019. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/interface.180008. The More Doctors Program (PMM) was created in 2013 to address problems such as the insufficient number and unequal distribution of doctors, and their inadequate education profile to fulfill the population needs. Among other axes, it proposes changes in medical education, including the rearrangement and expansion of residency, suggesting one seat for every medical course graduate. This study reflects upon the elements that were essential to propose and implement changes in medical residency through PMM. The following advances were identified:

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BALLAROTTI, Bruna; CORNEAU, Felipe Gonçalves; JUNQUEIRA, Virginia and MENDES, Áquilas. Reflections of physicians on work in the Family Health Strategy under the management of Social Organizations. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2019, vol.23, e180082. Epub June 10, 2019. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/interface.180082. This article presents and analyzes testimonies of physicians who worked in the Family Health Strategy about the work they developed under the management of different Social Organizations (SO) in the city of São Paulo, state of São Paulo, Brazil. The results are discussed in light of the distortions that can emerge from the application of performance indicators (targets) to health services. It was concluded that the simple comparison of services’ performance regarding the achievement

 

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CAVALCANTE, Ricardo Bezerra et al. Actor-networks and their influences on the informatization of Primary Healthcare in Brazil.Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2019, vol.23, e180364. Epub 30-Maio-2019. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/interface.180364. Drawing on the Actor–Network theory, this study investigated networks of actors and their influence on the informatization of Primary Healthcare. The cartography of controversies method was used, involving the observation and interviewing of actors from the municipal, regional, state, and federal spheres, together with the collection of published documents. The data was analyzed using the software Gephi and the selection of extracts from the interviews based on the actor–network approach. The mapped network is woven between humans and nonhumans in the different spheres of government. Policies and obligations were

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SILVA, Mario Jorge Sobreira da e OSORIO-DE-CASTRO, Claudia Garcia Serpa. Organization and practices of pharmaceutical services in oncology within the Brazilian National Health System. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2019, vol.23, e180297. Epub 30-Maio-2019. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/interface.180297. This study, based on the Giddens’ Structuration Theory, aimed to analyze organization and pharmaceutical services practices for oncology care in five brazilian municipalities by a multiple-case study design, having breast cancer as a marker condition. Oncology care-certified facilities were established as analysis sub-units. In-depth interviews were conducted with ten managers and fifteen health professionals. Research strategy also involved document analysis and direct observation of practices. Results were analyzed according to four main themes: organizational structure, financing, technologies and