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Primary Health Care practices in the drugs area: integrative review

ABSTRACT

The objective was to identify and analyze practices in Primary Health Care to harmful drug consumption. This integrative review searched for primary studies in Medline and Lilacs databases, based on the terms ‘Primary Health Care’ and ‘Harm Reduction’. We included 52 studies analyzed according to the theoretical frameworks that guide health practices. Results were summarized in three empirical categories: risk behavior, which included brief intervention, programs to prevent and / or reduce drug use, among others; determining factors, including home visits and group and organizational practices; health needs, which included emancipatory educational practices. Most studies address drug use by the risk category producing practices aimed at social adaptation. Interventions related to determinants seek to promote health by proposing improvements in living and working environments. Practices that criticize social relations established by the drugs circuitous are more complex and sparse.

KEYWORDS
Review; Primary Health Care; Harm reduction

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