Avaliação do Processo de Implantação da Detecção do Uso de Risco de Álcool e Intervenção Breve na Atenção Primária à Saúde

• Ano de defesa: 2008
• Autor(a) principal: Amaral-Sabadini, Michaela Bitarello do [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Pesquisa ação; Intervenções breves; Prevenção; Saúde pública; Álcool; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Alcoolismo/prevenção & controle; Action research; Brief intervention; Health professionals; Screening; Alcohol
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9977

Background: We evaluated the implementation’s process of an alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) program in Primary Health Care (PHC) in a Brazilian city. Methods: Action research qualitative methodology was utilized. Action research is especially suited to the goal of filling the gap between research evidence and practice, where researchers collaborate with local stakeholders to identify and enact solutions to problems of major importance to the stakeholders. Two different settings participated: public PHC services and a Military Police (MP) health service. All health professionals were trained on SBI strategies and supervised for 6 months. Results: 70 health professionals received the training in SBI in the PHC setting and eight volunteer police officers and one psychology received the training in SBI in the MP health service setting. There were difficulties in PHC implementation process related to organizational culture, low motivational levels, lack of time and priority devoted to other actions. There was a higher level of SBI implementation in MP, possibly related to professionals’ motivation and willingness to develop strategies to deal with obstacles. Conclusions: The main barriers to the implementation of SBI in the routine procedures of PHC professionals were related to the setting conditions and the professionals’ education. The action research methodology provided an opportunity to bridge the gap between research and practice, but it 34 also shows that alcohol SBI faces significant challenges before it can be implemented in health care and social service settings in Brazil.