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Professional practice of the Family Health Strategy in tuberculosis control

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the actions developed by professionals of the Family Health Strategy teams in tuberculosis control in the municipality of Teresina-PI. METHODS: Evaluative research, of a quantitative approach, in which 286 health professionals (64 physicians, 76 nurses, 68 auxiliary nurses and 78 community health workers) of the Family Health Strategy were interviewed. RESULTS: Of the 286 research participants, 86% reported they had trained in the Tuberculosis Control Program and 69.5% reported that the training was sufficient to perform the actions proposed in the program. In the verification of the association of the actions recommended for the diagnosis and for monitoring of tuberculosis patients and their implementation by professionals, there was a statistically significant association in all variables with p <0.05. CONCLUSION: The development of actions of the program was associated with the professional category of those who performed them, so it is important that each team member knows their actual responsibilities.

Tuberculosis; Primary health care; Assessment of health services; Family health


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