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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/56506| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Pharmaceutical care in Brazil’s primary health care |
| Other Titles: | Atividades farmacêuticas de natureza clínica na atenção básica no Brasil |
| Authors: | Patricia Sodré Araújo Ediná Alves Costa Augusto Afonso Guerra Junior Francisco de Assis Acurcio Ione Aquemi Guibu Juliana Álvares Karen Sarmento Costa Margô Gomes de Oliveira Karnikowski Orlando Mario Soeiro Silvana Nair Leite |
| Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: To characterize the activities of clinical nature developed by pharmacists in basic health units and their participation in educational activities aiming at health promotion. METHODS: This article is part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015), a cross-sectional and exploratory study, of evaluative nature, consisting of a survey of information in a representative sample of cities, stratified by the Brazilian regions that constitute domains of study, and a subsample of primary health care services. The interviewed pharmacists (n=285) were responsible for the delivery of medicines and were interviewed in person with the use of a script. The characterization of the activities of clinical nature was based on information from pharmacists who declared to perform them, and on participation in educational activities aiming at health promotion, according to information from all pharmacists. The results are presented in frequency and their 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: From the interviewed subjects, 21.3% said they perform activities of clinical nature. Of these, more than 80% considered them very important; the majority does not dispose of specific places to perform them, which hinders privacy and confidentiality in these activities. The main denominations were “pharmaceutical guidance” and “pharmaceutical care.” The registration of activities is mainly made in the users’ medical records, computerized system, and in a specific document filed at the pharmacy, impairing the circulation of information among professionals. Most pharmacists performed these activities mainly along with physicians and nurses; 24.7% rarely participated in meetings with the health team, and 19.7% have never participated. CONCLUSIONS: Activities of clinical nature performed by pharmacists in Brazil are still incipient. The difficulties found point out to the professionals’ improvisation and effort. The small participation in educational activities of health promotion indicates little integration of pharmacists with the health team and of pharmaceutical services with other health actions. |
| Subject: | Farmaceuticos Assistência farmacêutica Serviços farmaceuticos Cuidados Primários de Saúde Serviços de saúde - Pesquisa |
| language: | por |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | FAR - DEPARTAMENTO DE FARMÁCIA SOCIAL |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.11606/S1518-8787.2017051007109 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/56506 |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/139748 |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Revista de Saúde Pública |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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