Objective: to synthesize the care provided by health professionals, at different care levels, to the families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Method: a qualitative study, based on the Family-Centered Care philosophical theoretical framework and developed with 22 professionals from three multidisciplinary teams from the Health Care Network of a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The data were collected through two focus groups with each team, organized with the support of the Atlas.ti 8 Qualitative Data Analysis® software and submitted to Thematic Content Analysis. Results: the findings show actions centered on specific situations, especially on the demands and needs arising from the child’s care and atypical behavior. Influencing factors for family care, such as work overload and little professional experience, show the weakness of multiprofessional care and the invisibility of the family as a care unit. Conclusion: the need is highlighted to review functioning of the network for the multiprofessional care of children and their families and how such network is organized. It is recommended to offer permanent education actions that contribute to the qualification of multiprofessional teams in the care of families of children in the autism spectrum.

Objective: To understand the feelings and difficulties experienced by cancer patients in relation to the diagnostic and therapeutic itineraries. Methods: An exploratory study of a qualitative nature, developed with 13 people with cancer, through an interview. In the period from June to September of 2017 data were collected and later submitted to content analysis. Results: The results included the unpleasant feelings that patients with cancer experience, and the recognition of factors that influence the re-signification of this phase. In addition, we observed the difficulties that perpass the routine of treatment and that compromise the basic needs of these individuals. Final considerations: It was understood that during the experience of the diagnostic and therapeutic itinerary, people with cancer experience negative feelings and many difficulties. However, some factors make possible the resignification of the disease and need to be considered by health professionals and managers to minimize the impact of the disease during this journey.

Objetivo: verificar a associação entre a adesão ao tratamento medicamentoso e não medicamentoso e as práticas assistenciais prestadas às pessoas com diabetes Mellitus tipo 2 (DM2) pelas equipes da Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF). Método: estudo transversal, do tipo inquérito domiciliar, realizado com pessoas com DM2 cadastradas nas 65 equipes urbanas da ESF, selecionadas aleatoriamente e de forma estratificada por equipe. Os dados foram coletados no primeiro semestre 2014 mediante entrevista estruturada e na análise, usando-se regressão logística, considerando-se associação significativa quando p≤0,05. Resultados: as 408 pessoas participantes tinham idade média de 66,5 anos, 84,1% relataram aderir ao tratamento medicamentoso, 29,4% realizavam atividade física regularmente e 24% tinham alimentação adequada. Após ajustes, as variáveis que permaneceram associadas ao tratamento medicamentoso foram: não participação em atividade de educação em saúde (p=0,012) e ser atendido pelo mesmo enfermeiro (p=0,048). Em relação ao medicamentoso, a adoção de alimentação adequada apresentou associação com verificação trimestral da glicemia capilar (p=0,011) e ser questionado, durante o atendimento, sobre a prática de atividade física (p=0,012) e a prática de atividade física regular com participação em atividades de educação em saúde (p=0,031), estar satisfeito com a assistência (p=0,04), ser atendido no mesmo dia em que procurou a UBS (p=0,017) e os profissionais perguntarem sobre sua saúde (p=0,011). Conclusão: as pessoas com DM2 apresentaram boa adesão ao tratamento medicamentoso e baixa adesão ao não medicamentoso, indicando que as equipes da ESF precisam ampliar a implementação de ações de promoção da saúde, prevenção e controle da doença e suas complicações.

RESUMO Este ensaio teve como objetivo refletir sobre as contribuições da edição mais recente do Programa de Educação pelo Trabalho para a Saúde - PET-Saúde/Interprofissionalidade para a implementação da Política Nacional de Educação Permanente em Saúde (PNEPS) no âmbito do Sistema Único de Saúde. Nesse contexto, resgata-se a contemporaneidade da formação em saúde, a Educação Interprofissional e o processo formativo, e a execução do PET-Saúde/Interprofissionalidade como potencializador da prática colaborativa na atenção primária. Ressalta-se que, diante dos inúmeros desafios vivenciados pelos serviços de saúde para responder às demandas populacionais variadas e influenciadas pela transição demográfica e epidemiológica, entende-se como necessário ensaiar reflexões sobre a interprofissionalidade e suas contribuições para a implementação da PNEPS. Acredita-se que este material possa subsidiar a discussão e atuação profissional na elaboração e realização de intervenções interprofissionais apropriadas para as diferentes demandas em saúde.

Objectives: to understand the context of vulnerability experienced by adolescents from the perspective of health professionals from the Family Health Strategy. Methods: a descriptive-exploratory qualitative study developed with 80 Family Health Strategy professionals in the Midwest region of Brazil. Data collection was developed from July to September 2018 through a focus group, and submitted to Thematic Analysis. Results: it was understood that the vulnerability experienced by adolescents is not an exposure to something isolated, but is linked to risk and protection factors, socioeconomic and cultural contexts, public and health policies. Final Considerations: there are still gaps in public policies for this population, which impacts on the access and development of promotion actions by health professionals.

Objective: to grasp the perspective of nurses on health education in the process of caring for people with Diabetes Mellitus in Primary Care. Method: a descriptive study of a qualitative nature carried out with 13 nurses from the Family Health Strategy in Southern Brazil. The data were collected in November and December of 2017, through recorded interviews, which were submitted to content analysis, thematic modality. Results: three categories emerged, which show from the perspective of nurses, the influence of structural and assistance characteristics in the development of educational actions; outcomes of these actions, and possibilities to increase their quality as central to the nursing action. Final considerations: there are still gaps in the structuring of public health policies, especially in the process of managing and caring for people with diabetes, which limits quantitatively and qualitatively the development of educational actions in Primary Care.