Submitted by VALÉRIA MASTRANGE PUGIN null (vamastrange@hotmail.com) on 2016-09-26T21:25:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 A gestão estadual de saúde de São Paulo na qualificação da Atenção Básica.pdf: 1817121 bytes, checksum: 09b7d3c351fa5a42589c63470e04a3d6 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Juliano Benedito Ferreira (julianoferreira@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-09-27T19:48:29Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 pugin_vm_dr_bot.pdf: 1817121 bytes, checksum: 09b7d3c351fa5a42589c63470e04a3d6 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-27T19:48:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 pugin_vm_dr_bot.pdf: 1817121 bytes, checksum: 09b7d3c351fa5a42589c63470e04a3d6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-22 / Introdução e Justificativa: O processo de municipalização deflagrado após a publicação SUS definiu um novo papel para o estado, particularmente no nível da atenção primária, colocando a necessidade de redefinição de funções e formas de integração entre os três entes governamentais. O presente trabalho apresenta um estudo sobre o Programa “Articuladores da Atenção Básica” da Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo (SES SP), procurando explorar suas potencialidades e limites. Objetivos: Analisar a experiência do Programa “Articuladores da Atenção Básica” da Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo, enquanto estratégia voltada à qualificação da Atenção Básica, na perspectiva dos seus profissionais e dos responsáveis pela coordenação da Atenção Básica da Secretaria do Estado da Saúde de São Paulo. Método: Trata-se de um estudo exploratório, descritivo, de cunho qualitativo com uso de análise de conteúdo, realizado por meio da aplicação de dois instrumentos: um questionário semiestruturado, com perguntas abertas, aplicado aos profissionais que atuam como Articuladores da Atenção Básica (AAB) e de entrevistas semiestruturadas com os coordenadores do programa. O material foi analisado por meio da análise de conteúdo, segundo modelo proposto por Bardin. As respostas ao questionário foram reunidas em dois tópicos centrais: Potencialidades e Desafios. As entrevistas foram analisadas a partir dos temas comuns, realizando recortes representativos, organizados em subtemas, abordando-os segundo a análise de conteúdo. Resultados: Os AAB apontam problemas e determinantes que refletem suas possibilidades de intervenção. Em relação aos avanços observados na Atenção Básica e à influência do trabalho dos AAB, assim como, aos mecanismos que contribuíram para estes avanços, há uma repetição dos problemas e seus determinantes, agora reconhecidos como avanços. Na análise das entrevistas dos coordenadores da Atenção Básica, identificamos cinco temas: A construção de um novo papel da gestão estadual na Atenção Primária. Contribuições do Programa na Atenção Básica; As dificuldades para qualificar a Atenção Básica; Como ampliar o potencial de trabalho e dar prosseguimento ao Programa “Articuladores”; Desafios e possibilidades. Os coordenadores enfatizam a importância do resgate do papel do estado enquanto estruturante para o desenvolvimento de ações que compõem a APS colocando a elaboração e implantação do projeto “Articuladores da Atenção Básica” como uma iniciativa nessa direção. Discussão: A maioria dos AAB considera que seu trabalho tem cumprido as finalidades propostas, mas ao mesmo tempo mantém como problemas atuais muitos dos avanços descritos e atribuídos à seu próprio trabalho. Os gestores entrevistados identificam o apoio do Programa à gestão municipal e às equipes de Atenção Básica na organização dos processos de trabalho e reconhecem a sua capilaridade, porém enfatizam que não há avaliação formal que relacione estes avanços ao trabalho do Articulador. Considerações Finais: De um modo geral, o estudo aponta a importância e a potencialidade das mudanças que decorrem de ações que integrem estado e municípios num mesmo projeto de qualificação da Atenção Básica dentro das diretrizes do SUS e, ao mesmo tempo, o quanto essa integração ainda é incipiente. / Introduction and Justification: The process of municipalization initiated after the promulgation of the Unified National Health (SUS) defined a new role for the state related to the direct provision of health assistance, particularly in level of primary care, making necessary the redefinition of roles and ways of integration among three governmental entities. This work presents a study about the Program “Primary Care Articulators” of Health Department of São Paulo State (SES/ SP) aiming to explore its potentialities and limits. Objectives: To analyze the experience of the "Primary Health Care Articulators Program" of the State Health Departments of São Paulo, while strategy aimed at qualification of primary care, from the perspective of their professional and responsible for coordinating the Primary Health of the State Health Departments São Paulo. Method: This is an exploratory, descriptive study of qualitative nature, using content analysis, and two tools: a semi-structured questionnaire, with opened questions, applied in professionals who act as Primary Care Articulators (PCA) and semi-structured interviews with the coordinators of the program. The material was analyzed through content analysis, according to what was proposed by Bardin. The answers were gathered in two central topics: Potentialities and Challenges. The interviews were analyzed later from common themes, making, this way, a representative profile, organized in sub-themes, discussing them according to content analysis. Results: PCA point out problems and determiners that reflect essentially their potentialities of intervention. Regarding the advances made in primary care and the influence of the work of PCA as well as the mechanisms that contributed to these advances, there is a repetition of the problems and their determinants, now recognized as advances. In the Primary Care Coordinators’ discourse analysis, we identified five themes: The role of SES/SP in the qualification of Primary Care of the cities and its aim when implementing the program “Primary Care Articulators”; Contributions or advances in the Primary Care assigned to the program; The difficulties to qualify Primary Care; Potential and necessary guidance to continue the program; challenges and possibilities. The coordinators emphasize the importance of rescuing the role of the state as structuring to the development of actions that compound the HPC (Health Primary Care) putting the elaboration and implementation of the project “Primary Care Articulators” as an initiative in this direction. Discussion: Most PCA believes that his work has complied with the proposed objectives, but at the same time as maintaining current problems many of the advances described and assigned to their own work. The managers interviewed identify the support program for municipal management and Care teams Basic in the organization of work processes and acknowledge their capillarity, however they emphasize that that there is no formal evaluation that relate these advances to the Articulator work. Final Considerations: In general, the study points out the importance and potentialities of changes that result from actions that integrate state and cities in a project of qualification of Primary Care in SUS guidelines, and, at the same time, how this integration is incipient.

O Atendimento pré-hospitalar (APH) móvel é uma modalidade de assistência recente no Brasil e, em especial, no município de Ribeirão Preto-SP, tendo sido criada em 1996, com a finalidade de atendimento a toda e qualquer solicitação de ajuda, fora do âmbito hospitalar, visando a manutenção da vida e/ou a minimização das seqüelas, podendo ser oriunda do próprio cidadão ou ainda de instituições de saúde. Tendo em vista a recente implantação deste serviço, os objetivos do presente estudo são descrever a epidemiologia do atendimento pré-hospitalar móvel primário e secundário de urgência e emergência, o fluxo de atendimento pré-hospitalar móvel secundário e o fluxo do atendimento pré-hospitalar móvel da unidade de suporte avançado no município de Ribeirão Preto. Nossa pesquisa trata-se de um estudo de natureza descritiva, em que utilizamos dados de fonte secundária com transcrição de informações específicas do Serviço de APH do Município em Ribeirão Preto-SP, quando da solicitação de atendimento em situações de agravos à saúde. Os dados referentes ao objeto de estudo, foram coletados junto ao Programa de Assistência Médica Emergencial da Secretaria Municipal da Saúde. A base de dados analisada permitiu delinear a caracterização da atenção pré-hospitalar móvel da Secretaria Municipal da Saúde. Os resultados da pesquisa revelam o perfil das solicitações de atendimento das urgências e emergências com análises importantes que poderão subsidiar futuras reorganizações do serviço de APH móvel primário e secundário. O estudo poderá subsidiar ainda decisões dos atores sociais envolvidos na promoção, prevenção, recuperação e reabilitação aos agravos à saúde, tais como: conselhos de saúde, gestores de saúde, prestadores de serviços, usuários, conselhos de classes, órgãos de educação, promoção social, segurança social, transporte e outros. / The pre-hospital mobile attendant is a recent modality of assistance in Brazil, in special, at the District of Ribeirão Preto – SP, created since 1996, with the intention of attending any help of solicitation of care outside the hospital environment, looking for a life maintenance and/or a sequel minimization, and still looking to be accepted for the health institutions or the own patient. Because of the this new system implementation of service, the goals for the recent studies are to describe the pre-hospital assistance mobile of Epidemology for the first and second degrees of emergency and urgent care, the overflowing of the system now settle at this district of Ribeirão Preto for this type of help/ work with patients. Our research is about a descriptive nature where we can use secondary sources of database with transcription of specified information of the APH Service in the District of Ribeirão Preto-SP, when in need of care the solicitation of worst problems for health at own. The database collected for the goals of this research were taken at the Emergency Medical Assistance Program of the Health Minister of Care. The base studied let us create a line of attention in characterization of the pre-hospital mobile assistance from the Health Municipal Secretary . The results of the research reveals the profile of each assistance solicitations of emergencies and urgent cases with very important analyses which can create future reorganizations of the first and secondary mobile APH service. This study will subside many important decisions of the social actors involved at this promotion, prevention, recover, rehabilitation of the worst problems in health care such as: health counseling, health managers, services, utilitarian, class counseling, education organism, social promotion, social security, transportation and others.

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Stepped care is designed to provide mental health treatment in the most effective and efficient way. It aims to provide patients with low intensity interventions in the first instance and only move onto high intensity treatments if outcome is not 'successful'. However, there is a paucity of research about how health professionals make decisions about treatment and the experiences of patients within this decision-making process. Using a multi-method approach, this study aimed to explore health professional and patient decision-making in stepped care for anxiety and depression. 24 health professional interviews from three stepped care sites were conducted, which included the completion of an active information search (AIS) think-aloud task. In addition, 14 patients were interviewed about their experiences of decision-making whilst being managed within stepped care model. Qualitative interview data was analysed using the principles of Framework analysis, while some of the data collected in the AIS think-aloud task lent itself to quantitative analysis.This study revealed that three core tensions exist when making decisions within the stepped care model. These are 1. The notion of standardisation of outcomes versus the individual needs of patients; 2. The public health orientation of stepped care versus the therapeutic orientation of health professionals and; 3. The rhetoric about patient choices versus the realities of shared decision-making in a resource-limited system.The complexity of decision-making within the stepped care model was highlighted. The success of stepped care relies on ensuring that there is an adequate workforce to deliver the intended interventions, where this is not present health professionals are faced with difficult decisions and it is clear that those most affected are the less-experienced frontline workers. Scarcity of resources impacts heavily upon the decisions that are made. This can have a substantial impact upon variability in treatment decisions and on the ability to allow for patient choice to be incorporated. Decisions that are made for a patient are influenced by the need to provide them with the treatment that they want (which may not be regarded as what they need within the stepped care model nor necessarily by the health professional) and the capacity of the service. The problem that exists with primary care mental health is that the current demands exceed capacity. Optimal patient care is, in part, traded off by the need to meet the demands of the service. Improving the flexibility of the service may be one solution to the problem and adopting a stratified/stepped care approach might help to resolve some of the tensions and help to relieve some of the capacity issues.

Today, there are children sleeping under bridges with no food to eat and nowhere to go. Without our help someone's daughter will continue to cry herself to sleep as she sleeps in the woods with only a blanket, someone's son will feed himself with trash from a dumpster, someone's granddaughter sleeping under a bridge will be raped and someone's grandson will commit suicide because he lost all hope. These children need our help. (Enough is Enough, 2022). Although there are some government agencies and organizations that try to identify what can be done to help the homeless youth population, minimal progress is taking place. The United States Government and other organizations are offering some assistance, but more funding is needed to save the lives of this vulnerable population. In addition, homeless youth need to have available access and knowledge that these resources exist and are available to help them fully transition back into society. This study examined the growing reality of youth homelessness and the impact of interventions for housing, mental health, and substance use. The primary goal of this theses is to bring awareness and educate the public on the homeless youth crisis currently being faced throughout our country. In addition, the resource guide that was created with the research found from this study will be distributed in places homeless youth can access such as local schools, shelters, churches, police and fire stations, as well as online databases.

Yes / The Health Care and Professions Council (HCPC) regulates fifteen different professions; some of these are large groups like Physiotherapists and some are much smaller such as Speech and Language Therapists (SLT). Most of the people registered by the HCPC work within their own areas of clinical expertise and defined professional scope of practice. However, an increasing number of registrants are undertaking new or additional roles beyond the traditional scope of practice for the defined profession. These roles are often shared with other medical or health professionals and persons undertaking these roles are often, but not consistently, referred to as Advanced Practitioners. Advanced Practitioners are employed within the NHS across all four countries of the UK and are also employed by private healthcare providers. The roles they undertake vary from the highly specialised (e.g. an advanced podiatrist might specialise in biomechanics) to more general roles with greater professional autonomy and decision-making (e.g. a paramedic working in a GP Practice assessing patients with undifferentiated acute problems). As a result, there is currently no consistency in role title, scope of advanced practice, necessary underpinning education or professional accreditation across the HCPC registered professions. This study was undertaken to explore these issues and seek opinion on the need for additional regulatory measures for persons working at an advanced practice level. NB: For the purposes of this study, advanced practice was considered to encompass all roles, regardless of role title, where the level of practice undertaken was considered to be advanced. Method Three approaches to data collection were undertaken to ensure the differing opinions across all HCPC registered professions, different stakeholders and the four nations of the UK were collected. Data were collected through: 1. A UK wide survey of HCPC registered healthcare professionals; 2. A UK wide survey of organisations delivering AHP & scientific advanced practice education; 3. A series of focus groups and interviews across a range of stakeholder groups. Findings The concept of advanced level practice was not consistently understood or interpreted across the different stakeholder groups. Those participants identifying as working at an advanced practice level undertook a range of activities both within and out with the traditional scope of practice of the registered profession adding a further layer of complexity. Educational support and availability for advanced level practice varied across professional groups and inequity of accessibility and appropriateness of content were raised as concerns. There is no consensus across participant groups on the need for regulation of advanced level practice. Perceived advantages to additional regulation were the consistent and equal educational and employer governance expectations, particularly where multiple professional groups are undertaking the same role, all be it with a differing professional educational foundation and lens. However, while some voices across the participant groups felt regulation was essential to assure practice standards and reduce risk of role title misuse, there was equally a lack of appetite for regulation that inhibited agility to respond to, and reflect, the rapidly changing healthcare environment and evolving scope of advanced level practice. Importantly, no evidence was presented from any participant group that advanced level practice within HCPC regulated professions presents a risk to the public. Conclusion The study data presented in this report reflect the complexity of the concept of advanced practice within the HCPC regulated professions. Much of this is a consequence of the differing speeds of professional role development across healthcare organisations and professional groups, often related to service capacity gaps and locally developed education to support local initiatives. Despite this, there is no clear evidence, based on the findings of this research, that additional regulation of advanced level practice is needed, or desired, to protect the public. However, as the HCPC is one of the few organisations with a UK wide remit, it may have a central role in achieving unification across the 4 nations in relation to the future role expectations, educational standards, and governance of advanced level practice.

This thesis examines the implications of the changes introduced by the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 for mental health services. It focuses on two main issues. Firstly, the impact on mental health services of the 'market' system of purchasers and providers introduced by the 1990 Act. Second.ly, the extent to which the 1990 changes had led to any increase in user participation and involvement in the planning and delivery of psychiatric services. Analysis of the existing theoretical literature found that there had been little research which focused on the specific implications of health care 'markets' for mental health services. In addition, much of the work on the development of psychiatry had not focused on the role of the local context in influencing the nature of mental health service provision. In this thesis these issues are explored through a case study of the mental health services of one English county. Semistructured, qualitative interviews were und.ertaken with managers, professionals and individuals in purchaser, provider and voluntary sector organisations. People using community mental health services in the county were also interviewed. This contrasts with many previous studies which have tended to concentrate exclusively on users of in-patient services. The study found that local circumstances played a significant role in the relationships between those purchasing, providing and participating in mental health services. The imminent closure of a large Victorian psychiatric hospital and the uncertainty about which services would replace it had been a source of tension between the newly formed purchaser and provider organisations in the county under study. The lack of any strong existing groups in the local area representing users of mental health services was also significant. It meant that increased user participation in the county after the 1990 Act was reliant on initiatives by managers and professionals rather than organised pressure from user groups and users themselves. The variety of different local mental health agencies purchasing and providing mental health services in the county called for a degree of cooperation between organisations which conflicted with the competition encouraged by the 'market' system introduced by the 1990 Act. The focus, first, on psychiatric services in the examination of 'markets' and, second, the importance of the local context in mental health service development provides the basis for the study's contribution to theoretical and policy debates both about the 1990 Act and psychiatric services in general.

As Úlceras Venosas (UV) desenvolvem-se devido à Insuficiência Venosa Crônica, caracterizada como uma condição crônica que afeta o estado de saúde das pessoas acometidas. Têm maior incidência em mulheres, 80% dos casos, com índice de prevalência de 70% em pessoas acima de sessenta anos. Seu tratamento gera elevados custos. A pessoa com UV necessita de acompanhamento e monitoramento, com terapia tópica envolvendo uso de produtos e recomendações baseadas em estudos com evidência científica. Na Atenção Básica, particularmente na Estratégia de Saúde da Família, há possibilidade de se ter acesso e aproximar-se destes usuários, como também de se estabelecer vínculo, atributos essenciais no cuidado ao usuário. Este trabalho teve como objetivos: identificar, a partir do usuário e/ou cuidador, o acesso do usuário com Úlcera Venosa que necessita de acompanhamento, em três equipes de saúde da família do Distrito Sanitário I de Uberaba-MG; descrever as dificuldades, facilidades e sentimentos dos usuários e/ou cuidadores de usuários com UV sobre os cuidados realizados para o tratamento da Úlcera Venosa no espaço domiciliar, pelas três equipes de saúde da família do Distrito Sanitário I de Uberaba-MG; descrever, a partir do usuário e/ou cuidador, como ocorre a atenção recebida no serviço de saúde. Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva com abordagem qualitativa. O estudo foi realizado no município de Uberaba, sendo sujeitos os usuários com diagnóstico de UV em um dos membros inferiores ou em ambos, atendidos em uma das três equipes de Saúde da Família até o mês de julho do ano de 2007, do Distrito Sanitário I. Ao total, foram cinco indivíduos que participaram da pesquisa, sendo quatro usuários de duas equipes participantes do estudo e um cuidador. Na terceira equipe não foi identificado nenhum portador de UV. Para obtenção dos dados, recorremos à entrevista semiestruturada, destinada aos usuários com UV e cuidadores, e, também à observação sistemática. Para análise e interpretação utilizamos a análise temática, sendo 8 identificado o acesso como unidade temática central, com os seguintes subtemas: determinados procedimentos, consulta médica, consulta médica no domicílio, realização do curativo no domicílio, orientação, tratamento adequado da ferida, medicamentos de uso sistêmico, especialista, horário de funcionamento, tempo de espera, tempo de consulta. Já com o cuidador, foi identificado como unidade temática o acesso com subtemas: socialização, outros níveis de atenção, conhecimento, materiais, recursos de diferentes naturezas. Em nosso estudo, foi possível identificar diferentes e diversas dimensões do acesso do usuário com Úlcera Venosa nos serviços de saúde. Os discursos apresentados no estudo revelam que o acesso e a acessibilidade apresentam restrições que comprometem a atenção dispensada. O melhor aspecto encontrado, relativo ao aceso, foi o tempo de consulta e o acesso ao agente comunitário de saúde, no domicilio. A rede se apresenta desarticulada entre os diferentes níveis, com falta de continuidade do tratamento da pessoa com ferida. O usuário é referenciado a um serviço de maior complexidade, sem o retorno ao serviço de atenção básica de forma sistematizada. O panorama aponta para investimentos, entre eles a adoção de um protocolo de atenção à pessoa portadora de UV. / Venous ulcers (VU) develop themselves due to the chronic venous insufficiency, characterized as a chronic condition which affects peoples health status. They have a higher incidence in women, 80% of the cases, with a prevalence index of 70% in people over sixty years old. Its treatment generates high costs. Person with VU needs following and monitoring with topic therapy involving the use of products and recommendations based on studies with scientific evidence. At primary care, particularly at Family Health Strategy, there is the possibility of having Access and getting closer to these users, as well as establishing attachments, attributes necessary to the users care. This work had as a goal to identifying, through the user and/or caregiver, the access of the user with venous ulcer who needs follow-up, in three teams of Family Health of the Sanitary District I, from Uberaba-MG; describing, through the user and/or caregiver, how the attention received in the Health Service occurs. This work is based on a descriptive research, with a qualitative approach. Study was performed in the city of Uberaba, being subjects the users with VU diagnosis in one of the lower limbs or in both of them, seen in one of the three teams of Family Health up to July, 2007, from the Sanitary District I. At the total, there were five subjects who participated in the research, being four users from two teams participating in the study and a caregiver. In the third team, no VU sufferers were identified. For obtaining data we relied on the semistructured interview for the VU sufferers and caregivers, and also on the systematic observation. For analysis and interpretation we used the thematic analysis, being the access identified as the central thematic unit, with the following sub-themes: some procedures, medical attendance, home medical attendance, home dressings, orientation, suitable treatment of the wound, systemic usage drugs, specialist, time of work, waiting time, and attendance time. With the caregiver it was identified the access with sub-themes as the thematic unit: socialization, other levels of attention, 12 knowledge, materials, resources from different natures. In our study it was possible to identifying different and several dimensions of the access of the user with VU in the Health Services. Speeches presented in the study showed that the access and the accessibility present restrictions which compromise the attention given. Related to the access, the best aspect found was the time of attendance and the access to the Community Healthcare Agent at home. The Net presents itself disarticulated among the different levels, with lack of continuity of the treatment of the sufferer. User is referred to a service of higher complexity, without going back to the service of primary care in a systematic way. Panorama points to investments, among them the adoption of a protocol of attention to the VU sufferer.

As ações voltadas à prevenção ao HIV/aids em serviços de atenção primária à saúde (APS) é uma estratégia proposta no Brasil desde meados dos anos 1990. Com o aumento do número de casos de aids no Brasil, houve a necessidade de elaborar uma estratégia de intervenção em HIV/aids, sendo a Unidade Básica de Saúde (UBS) um espaço privilegiado para realizar as ações de prevenção e acompanhamento das pessoas vivendo com HIV/aids. Não foram encontrados estudos que tratam da análise das ações neste âmbito da atenção no Estado do Mato Grosso (MT). Objetivo geral: Analisar a Vulnerabilidade Programática ao HIV/aids nas UBS de Cuiabá (MT). Pesquisa quantitativa, com base no conceito de Vulnerabilidade em sua dimensão programática; realizada por meio da aplicação de um instrumento com respostas fechadas e abertas, respondido por 69 gerentes, de junho a agosto de 2014. A análise foi realizada com base na reunião dos elementos constantes nos seguintes marcadores de vulnerabilidade programática: a) Infraestrutura para realização das ações de prevenção e assistência em HIV/aids; b) Respostas às necessidades de tratamento em HIV/aids; c) Ações de pré-natal e puerpério em relação a atenção às HIV/aids; d) Ações de prevenção em relação às HIV/aids; e) Integração das ações entre UBS, CRT/SAE em HIV/aids e maternidade. Cada elemento analisado foi estabelecido o valor de 1 quando a resposta era positiva (atende ao requisito) e 0 quando não. Com base na soma dos valores ponderados para cada um dos marcadores obteve-se valor mínimo e máximo de pontos; classificando as UBS segundo o score de alta vulnerabilidade (abaixo de 25%), média (25 a 75%) e baixa (75 a 100%). A maioria das UBS operava o modelo Estratégia da Saúde da Família (63,8%) e era gerenciada por Enfermeiros (79,1%). Maior parte encontra-se em média vulnerabilidade de âmbito programático; há alta vulnerabilidade nos marcadores d e e. As UBS possuem, em algum grau, vulnerabilidades no âmbito programático de Estrutura e Dinâmica de Organização do Serviço de Saúde e de Operacionalização das Ações na atenção às HIV/aids. São necessários investimentos na atenção em HIV/aids na APS no município de Cuiabá. / The implementation of HIV/Aids prevention actions at Health First Care Services (APS in Portuguese) is a strategy that has been adopted in Brazil since mid-90s. With the increasing number of Aids cases in the country, the need to create a strategy to curb this growing HIV/Aids curve has become urgent. Health First Care Services Unities have since then been a privileged space of prevention and caring for HIV/Aids infected people. No other studies about the analysis of these actions at Health First Care Services Unities in the State of Mato Grosso (MT) have been found. General objective of this research: to assess HIV/Aids programmatic vulnerability for HIV caring at Health First Care Services (UBS, in Portuguese) in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso State. Quantitative research, based on the vulnerability concept in its programmatic dimension; carried by applying an instrumental survey with open and closed answers, that have been replied by 69 UBS managers, from June to August 2014. The analysis has been carried based on assembling the elements present in the following programmatic vulnerability assessment tools: a) Infrastructure for delivering prevention and caring actions for HIV/Aids; b) Responses to the HIV/Aids treatment needs; c) Caring STD/HIV/Aids actions during pregnancy; d) Prevention actions regarding STD/HIV/Aids; e) Integration of treatment actions among Treatment and Reference Center/Specialized Ambulatory Service in STD/HIV and Aids, Basic Health Care Units and Maternity Hospitals. Each element has been studied and the 1 value has been stablished when the answer was positive and 0 when it was negative. Based in the sum of the average value for each one of the items a minimum and maximum standards have been acquired; Basic Health Care Units have been divided according to programmatic vulnerability degrees, being High (lower than 25%), Medium (from 25% to 75%) and Low (from 75% to 100%). Results: The majority of Basic Health Care Units carried Family Health Strategies (63.8%), managed by Nurses (79.1%). In general terms Basic Health Care Units vulnerability is medium. There is high programmatic vulnerability at Basic Health Care Units, in the d and e assessment criteria. Basic Health Care Units have to some degree vulnerability in the programmatic realm of Structure and Organization Dynamics in the Health Service and Operationalization of Actions in HIV/Aids caring. Investments in HIV/Aids caring and attention to the Health First Care Services in Cuiabá municipality are highly necessary.

O processo de envelhecimento populacional é uma realidade premente nas diversas sociedades atuais, com grande concentração de idosos especificamente nos países em desenvolvimento. O envelhecer muitas vezes leva o ser humano à condição de sedentarismo e à falta de atividade física que pode acarretar prejuízos no equilíbrio e resultar em aumento do número de quedas. O Tai Chi Chuan, arte marcial oriental de origem chinesa vem se destacando como uma das atividades de intensidade moderado de grande popularidade entre a população idosa em todo o mundo e; especificamente no Brasil, ainda são escassos os estudos que procuram verificar os benefícios do Tai Chi Chuan entre os idosos. Avaliar o equilíbrio de idosos cadastrados no Programa de Saúde da Família, na faixa etária dos 60 aos 70 anos em três tempos (antes, durante e após) de um programa de seis meses de Tai Chi Chuan constituiu o objetivo deste estudo. Realizamos uma pesquisa quantitativa com 21 idosos (65,5 ± 2,7 anos de idade) sedentários, utilizando como instrumentos de avaliação: escala de equilíbrio de Berg e um questionário estruturado com características gerais e de saúde. Como recurso complementar utilizamos um roteiro de entrevista em grupo focal, técnica de abordagem qualitativa, para conhecer as percepções de idosos e da equipe de Saúde da Família em relação ao programa proposto. Quanto aos aspectos quantitativos obtivemos melhora significativa (p<0,01) entre os tempos da 1ª e 3ª avaliação de Berg. Na comparação entre os grupos em cada tempo e a escala de Berg, não foram observadas diferenças quanto ao gênero, idade, escolaridade, estado civil, aposentadoria, percepção subjetiva de saúde e audição, participação em casal ou não, comorbidades referidas e renda. Para as comparações entre os tempos em cada grupo e a escala de Berg foram observadas diferenças quanto ao gênero, idade, escolaridade, aposentadoria, percepção subjetiva de saúde e audição, participação em casal ou não, comorbidades referidas e renda (p<0,01). Quando comparadas as médias das quedas durante os tempos foram observadas diferenças significativas na redução do número de quedas, tanto no sexo feminino quanto no masculino, da 1ª para a 3ª avaliação. quanto aos aspectos qualitativos constatamos pelas percepções dos idosos que a intervenção contribuiu para a melhora da postura, da respiração, da flexibilidade, reduziu o consumo de antiinflamatórios e estabeleceu um espaço de socialização entre eles; apesar da precária infra-estrutura do local onde foi realizada a pesquisa. Nas percepções levantadas pela equipe de Saúde da Família percebemos que o foco da atenção primária ainda é focado na doença devido em parte pelas grandes demandas por atendimento na população. Este estudo permitiu concluir que o Tai Chi Chuan pode ser uma oportunidade acessível, de baixo custo e agradável para a manutenção de um estilo de vida saudável e a provisão de cuidado para populações em processo de envelhecimento e que pode ser implementado no âmbito da Estratégia de Saúde da Família. / The populational ageing process is a growing reality in many modern societies with a particularly high concentration of elderly people in developing countries. Ageing often takes the human being to a sedentary condition and to the lack of physical activity, which can impair balance and increase the number of fall accidents. Tai Chi Chuan, the Chinese martial art, has been highlighted as an activity of moderate intensity that got great popularity among the elderly population all over the world. However, in Brazil, studies on the benefits of Tai Chi Chuan to the senior population are still scarce. The aim of our study was to assess balance in elderly people, ranging from 60-70 years old of age, registered in the Health Family Program at three different moments (before, during, after) of a 6-month Tai Chi Chuan program. We carried out a quantitative research with 21 sedentary elders (65.5 ± 2,7 years old) using as analytical tools the Berg balance scale and a structured questionnaire with general and health questions. As an additional research instrument for qualitative assessment, we used a focal group interview form in order to collect perceptions of the subjects and Health Family professionals about the activity program. Regarding the quantitative aspects of our research, we got a significant improvement (p<0.01) when compared the Berg scale before and after the tai Chi Chuan program. When comparing the Berg scale at each moment of the program, we did not observe any difference associated to gender, age, educational background, marital status, retirement status, subjective perception of health and hearing, spouse involvement, mentioned comorbities and income. When comparing the Berg scale between different moments of the program, we observed differences related to gender, age, educational background, retirement status, subjective perception of health and hearing, spouse involvement, mentioned comorbities and income (p<0.01). The average number of falls significantly reduced, both in men and women, when we compared subjects before and after the activity program. As for the qualitative analysis, we noticed through the subjects perceptions that the intervention contributed to improvements in posture, breathing, flexibility, as well as reduced anti-inflammatory drug usage and created a social environment for them; even considering the poor infrastructure conditions of the place where the research was carried out. Based on the perceptions of the Health Family professionals, we noticed that the focus of the primary care is still directed towards the illness, which is partially due to a high demand of the health service. Therefore, Tai Chi Chuan can be a low cost, pleasant and accessible opportunity for the maintenance of a healthy life style and care provision for the ageing population, which can be implemented as a Health Family Strategy.