Avaliação do programa de controle da hanseníase no Município de Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brasil

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Cristal Marinho Correa
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; UFMG
• Palavras-chave em Português: Hanseníase Programa de Controle da Hanseníase Descentralização; Hanseníase/prevenção & controle; Brasil; Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde; Enfermagem; Descentralização; Atenção Primária à Saúde
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/ANDO-ACGPLP

This present study aimed to evaluate the Leprosy Control Program (LCP) in Governador Valadares and the decentralization of control measures. This research used as theoretical and methodological reference the Fourth Generation Evaluation, Guba and Lincoln (1989), a qualitative approach. The study included 30 municipal subjects, divided into four interest groups: managers, professionals from the reference center (RC), primary care professionals (PC) and users of health services. Data were collected through individual interviews, using the technique of Hermeneutic-Dialectical Circle and later were performed 3 Trading Workshops, using group technique. The results showed the failure of decentralization strategies and maintenance of vertical LCP model in the city, characterized by passivity PC in leprosy control actions (LCA) and its concentration in municipal RC. Was observes a strong influence of socio-historical-cultural determinants in decentralization, as well as operational aspects of LCP and municipal health. Among the socio-historical and cultural aspects stood out: the historical reference of the secondary care service in the county, the distancing attitude of professionals PC, to the detriment of stigma and consolidating health and management practices that reinforce the centralization of LCP. Among the operational aspects, there were problems related to the access to the basic health units, frame instability of human resources, lack of resources for the program and difficulties in performing the supervision of teams of PC. We conclude that the issue of decentralization in Governador Valadares involves the tension between different models of care that exist in the city, generating symbolic disputes in the knowledge area besides health and management's practices. The sustainability of the decentralization process requires greater political involvement and institutional support, focusing on strengthening primary care, supervision of health services and continuing education of professionals.